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CVE-2018-5999

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 87.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-01-22 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

• Asuswrt: before 3.0.0.4.384_10007 — fixed in 3.0.0.4.384_10007

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Asuswrt 3.0.0.4.384_10007. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589
• https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/
• https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589
• https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/

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