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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2018-6000 in the critical feed json

An issue was discovered in AsusWRT before 3.0.0.4.384_10007.

published 2018-01-22 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17765

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
85.2%
EPSS 85.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

An issue was discovered in AsusWRT before 3.0.0.4.384_10007. The do_vpnupload_post function in router/httpd/web.c in vpnupload.cgi provides functionality for setting NVRAM configuration values, which allows attackers to set the admin password and launch an SSH daemon (or enable infosvr command mode), and consequently obtain remote administrative access, via a crafted request. This is available to unauthenticated attackers in conjunction with CVE-2018-5999.

Patch / fix

  • asus asuswrt 3.0.0.4.384_10007

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/asuswrt_lan_rce)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

85.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/http/asuswrt_lan_rce AsusWRT LAN Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2018-01-22
  • EDB-44176 AsusWRT LAN - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2018-02-26
  • EDB-43881 AsusWRT Router < 3.0.0.4.380.7743 - LAN Remote Code Execution remote, 2018-01-22
  • github.com https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • blogs.securiteam.com https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • raw.githubusercontent.com https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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