{"id":"CVE-2017-5255","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-5255","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:51:48.307Z","title":"In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for certain parameters on the web management console allows any authenticated user (including the otherwise low-privilege readonly user) to inject shell…","description":"In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for certain parameters on the web management console allows any authenticated user (including the otherwise low-privilege readonly user) to inject shell meta-characters as part of a specially-crafted POST request to the get_chart function and run OS-level commands, effectively as root.","published":"2017-12-20T22:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:20:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@rapid7.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["cambiumnetworks/epmp 1000 firmware","cambiumnetworks/epmp 2000 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.74233,"percentile":0.99485,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.69667,"percentile":0.99353},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.74233,"percentile":0.99466}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2018-01-01","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":43413,"kind":"exploit","title":"Cambium ePMP1000 - 'get_chart' Shell via Command Injection (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43413","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/cgi/remote/43413.rb","file":"exploits/cgi/remote/43413.rb","published":"2018-01-01","added":"2018-01-01","updated":"2018-01-01","author":"Metasploit","type":"remote","platform":"cgi","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2017-5255"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/e6de25d63b2eacc2876b3d0e8a19fc0400734550/modules/exploits/unix/http/epmp1000_get_chart_cmd_shell.rb"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 74.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://blog.rapid7.com/2017/12/19/r7-2017-25-cambium-epmp-and-cnpilot-multiple-vulnerabilities/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43413/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://blog.rapid7.com/2017/12/19/r7-2017-25-cambium-epmp-and-cnpilot-multiple-vulnerabilities/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43413/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5255","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}