CVE-2018-5999
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…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 87.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- AsusWRT LAN Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/asuswrt_lan_rceRank excellentdisclosed 22 Jan 2018
Exploit-DB2 entries
- AsusWRT LAN - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44176remote, hardwarepublished 26 Feb 2018Verified
- AsusWRT Router < 3.0.0.4.380.7743 - LAN Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43881remote, hardwarepublished 22 Jan 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 44176 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 43881 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 87.5% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44176 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 43881 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2018-17764 (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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