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CVE-2017-16886

Unauthorized Access to Web Services via CSRF can result in an unauthorized change of username or password of the administrator of the portal.

EXPLOITHIGH 8.8EPSS 7.11%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

The portal on FiberHome Mobile WIFI Device Model LM53Q1 VH519R05C01S38 uses SOAP based web services in order to interact with the portal. Unauthorized Access to Web Services via CSRF can result in an unauthorized change of username or password of the administrator of the portal.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
7.11% probability · 94th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 8 January 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-352
Affected
fiberhome/lm53q1 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%21 September 2026: 9.70%22 September 2026: 7.11%27 October 2026: 7.11%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 9.7% on 21 September 2026 to 7.1% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-43460source ↗FiberHome LM53Q1 - Multiple Vulnerabilitieshardware · Ibad Shahwebapps8 January 2018no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.