CVE-2018-15358
An authenticated attacker with low privileges can activate high privileged user and use it to expand attack surface in Eltex ESP-200 firmware version 1.2.0.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An authenticated attacker with low privileges can activate high privileged user and use it to expand attack surface in Eltex ESP-200 firmware version 1.2.0.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.33% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- eltex/esp-200 firmware
- Source
- vulnerability@kaspersky.com
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/08/17/klcert-18-014-eltex-esp-200-router-build-in-user-with-highest-privileges/Third Party Advisory
- https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/08/17/klcert-18-014-eltex-esp-200-router-build-in-user-with-highest-privileges/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.