CVE-2018-17023

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability on ASUS GT-AC5300 routers with firmware through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the administrator password via a request to start_apply.htm.

Affected products

ASUS Gt-Ac5300 Firmware: through 3.0.0.4.384_32738

References

https://github.com/PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo/blob/master/ASUS/csrf_bypass_referer/ASUS%20GT-AC5300%20csrf%20bypass%20referer.MD
https://github.com/PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo/blob/master/ASUS/csrf_bypass_referer/ASUS%20GT-AC5300%20csrf%20bypass%20referer.MD

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