CVE-2018-5999

critical

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.

References

Exploits
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https://hackread.com/rondodox-botnet-2018-vulnerability-hijack-asus-routers/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb

https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt

https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-01-22

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H