CVE-2013-5948 is a remote command injection vulnerability affecting ASUS RT-AC68U and other RT series routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.374.5047. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into the Target field (destIP parameter) on the Network Analysis tab. This vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 8.5, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB (EDB-25998), and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including its association with the Gitpaste-12 botnet.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.0.4.376_3169CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:t-mobile:tm-ac1900:3.0.0.4.376_3169:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.0.4.374.4755CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac68u_firmware:3.0.0.4.374.4755:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.0.4.374_4561CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac68u_firmware:3.0.0.4.374_4561:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.0.4.374_4887CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac68u_firmware:3.0.0.4.374_4887:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:asus:rt-ac68u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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