CVE-2018-5999
An issue was discovered in AsusWRT before 3.0.0.4.384_10007.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 87.5%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 87.53% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 January 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- asus/asuswrt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 82.2% on 21 September 2026 to 87.5% 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 (2)
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.
References
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rbExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rbExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.