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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-9248

FiberHome VDSL2 Modem HG 150-UB devices allow authentication bypass via a "Cookie: Name=0admin" header.

EXPLOITCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 14.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

FiberHome VDSL2 Modem HG 150-UB devices allow authentication bypass via a "Cookie: Name=0admin" header.

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
14.47% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 6 April 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
fiberhome/vdsl2 modem hg 150-ub firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%21 September 2026: 9.90%22 September 2026: 14.47%27 October 2026: 14.47%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 9.9% on 21 September 2026 to 14.5% 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 (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-44413source ↗FiberHome VDSL2 Modem HG 150-UB - Authentication Bypasshardware · Noman Riffatwebapps6 April 2018no

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