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CVE-2017-5255

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 74.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for certain parameters on the web management console allows any authenticated user (including the otherwise low-privilege readonly user) to inject shell meta-characters as part of a specially-crafted POST request to the get_chart function and run OS-level commands, effectively as root.

Affected products

• Cambiumnetworks Epmp 1000 Firmware: through 3.5
• Cambiumnetworks Epmp 2000 Firmware: through 3.5

References

• https://blog.rapid7.com/2017/12/19/r7-2017-25-cambium-epmp-and-cnpilot-multiple-vulnerabilities/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43413/
• https://blog.rapid7.com/2017/12/19/r7-2017-25-cambium-epmp-and-cnpilot-multiple-vulnerabilities/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43413/

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