CVE-2018-5999

An issue was discovered in AsusWRT before 3.0.0.4.384_10007. In the handle_request function in router/httpd/httpd.c, processing of POST requests continues even if authentication fails.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

87.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Published

2018-01-22

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt862★ · 2025-04-16
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881

Security advisories

• https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2014-1201
• CVE-2014-1836
• CVE-2014-2921
• CVE-2014-2922
• CVE-2014-7862
• CVE-2016-6598