CVE-2018-5999

CRITICAL

AsusWRT <3.0.0.4.384_10007 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WRITEUP

by Pedro Ribeiro · textremotehardware

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

View Code ZIP pw:eip

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Metasploit · rubyremotehardware

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

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (5)

[Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory] https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.9079

EPSS Percentile 99.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (1)

asus/asuswrt < 3.0.0.4.384_10007

Timeline

Published Jan 22, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026