CVE-2018-10576
An issue was discovered on WatchGuard AP100, AP102, and AP200 devices with firmware before 1.2.9.15. Improper authentication handling by…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 26% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
An issue was discovered on WatchGuard AP100, AP102, and AP200 devices with firmware before 1.2.9.15. Improper authentication handling by the native Access Point web UI allows authentication using a local system account (instead of the dedicated web-only user).
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Watchguard AP100 AP102 AP200 1.2.9.15 - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 45409webapps, linuxpublished 14 Sept 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 45409 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-blog/new-firmware-available-ap100ap102ap200ap300-security-vulnerability-fixes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20180501 Multiple issues in WatchGuard AP100 AP102 AP200 result in remote code execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 45409 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://watchguardsupport.secure.force.com/publicKB?type=KBSecurityIssues&SFDCID=kA62A0000000LIy (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-2648 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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