CVE-2018-20841 describes a critical remote command execution vulnerability affecting HooToo TripMate Titan HT-TM05 and HT-05 routers with specific firmware versions. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'mac' parameter of a specific web request, leading to arbitrary command execution on the device. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity and high EPSS score, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, nor has it garnered significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.000.022CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hootoo:tripmate_titan_ht-tm05_firmware:2.000.022:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.000.082CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hootoo:tripmate_titan_ht-tm05_firmware:2.000.082:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.