CVE-2018-5796

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-02-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An issue was discovered in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG 5.x before 5.8.6.9 and 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3. There is a Hidden Root Shell by entering the administrator password in conjunction with the 'service start-shell' CLI command.

Affected products

Extremewireless Wing: from 5.0 before 5.8.6.9; from 5.9.0 before 5.9.1.3 — fixed in 5.8.6.9, 5.9.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Extremewireless Wing 5.8.6.9, 5.9.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2018-003
https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2018-003

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