CVE-2018-12455
Intelbras NPLUG 1.0.0.14 wireless repeater devices have a critical vulnerability that allows an attacker to authenticate in the web interface just by using "admin:" as the name of a cookie.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Intelbras NPLUG 1.0.0.14 wireless repeater devices have a critical vulnerability that allows an attacker to authenticate in the web interface just by using "admin:" as the name of a cookie.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.87% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- intelbras/nplug firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 3.2% on 21 September 2026 to 5.9% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/18Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/18Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.