CVE-2018-18319

CRITICAL

Asuswrt-Merlin Firmware < 380.70 - Remote Code Execution via Merlin.PHP API

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in the Merlin.PHP component 0.6.6 for Asuswrt-Merlin devices. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands because api.php has an eval call, as demonstrated by the /6/api.php?function=command&class=remote&Cc='ls' URI. NOTE: the vendor indicates that Merlin.PHP is designed only for use on a trusted intranet network, and intentionally allows remote code execution

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://blog.51cto.com/010bjsoft/2298902
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/qoli/Merlin.PHP/issues/27

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0543
EPSS Percentile 91.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (14)
asuswrt-merlin_project/rt-ac1900_firmware < 380.70
asuswrt-merlin_project/rt-ac2900_firmware < 380.70
asuswrt-merlin_project/rt-ac3100_firmware < 380.70
asuswrt-merlin_project/rt-ac3200_firmware < 380.70
asuswrt-merlin_project/rt-ac5300_firmware < 380.70
asuswrt-merlin_project/rt-ac56u_firmware < 380.70
asuswrt-merlin_project/rt-ac66u_b1_firmware < 380.70
asuswrt-merlin_project/rt-ac68p_firmware < 380.70
asuswrt-merlin_project/rt-ac68u_firmware < 380.70
asuswrt-merlin_project/rt-ac68uf_firmware < 380.70
... and 4 more
Published Oct 15, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026