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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…
Critical9.8EPSS 87.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 87.5% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44176 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 43881 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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