CVE-2017-6549

HIGH EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

Asus Rt-ac53 Firmware - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

Description

Session hijack vulnerability in httpd on ASUS RT-N56U, RT-N66U, RT-AC66U, RT-N66R, RT-AC66R, RT-AC68U, RT-AC68R, RT-N66W, RT-AC66W, RT-AC87R, RT-AC87U, RT-AC51U, RT-AC68P, RT-N11P, RT-N12+, RT-N12E B1, RT-AC3200, RT-AC53U, RT-AC1750, RT-AC1900P, RT-N300, and RT-AC750 routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.7378; RT-AC68W routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.7266; and RT-N600, RT-N12+ B1, RT-N11P B1, RT-N12VP B1, RT-N12E C1, RT-N300 B1, and RT-N12+ Pro routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.9488; and Asuswrt-Merlin firmware before 380.65_2 allows remote attackers to steal any active admin session by sending cgi_logout and asusrouter-Windows-IFTTT-1.0 in certain HTTP headers.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Bruno Bierbaumer · textwebappshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41572

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.2452
EPSS Percentile 96.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation Intel

VulnCheck KEV 2018-07-13
InTheWild.io 2018-07-01

Classification

CWE
CWE-287
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

asus/rt-ac53_firmware

Timeline

Published Mar 09, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026