CVE-2018-6000

9.8 criticalEPSS 85%

Critical (9.8) in asus asuswrt. EPSS 85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2018-01-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

asus:asuswrt

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/

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