CVE-2018-5999 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589 https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8