CVE-2018-15481

8.8 highEPSS 1.3%

High (8.8) in ucopia wireless appliance firmware. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper input sanitization within the restricted administration shell on UCOPIA Wireless Appliance devices using firmware version 5.1.x before 5.1.13 allows authenticated remote attackers to escape the shell and escalate their privileges by adding a LocalCommand to the SSH configuration file in the user home folder.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 70% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-78
Published: 2018-08-21
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ucopia:wireless_appliance_firmware

References

https://securite.intrinsec.com/2018/08/20/cve-2018-15481-ucopia-wireless-appliance-restricted-shell-escape-5-1-13/
https://securite.intrinsec.com/2018/08/20/cve-2018-15481-ucopia-wireless-appliance-restricted-shell-escape-5-1-13/

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