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CVE-2018-5999

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5999 is a critical vulnerability affecting AsusWRT firmware versions prior to 3.0.0.4.384_10007, where POST requests are processed even after authentication failure. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit modules exist for Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating readily available tools for attackers. Despite the high severity and exploit availability, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.0.4.384_10007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:asus:asuswrt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
87.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: AsusWRT LAN Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution · Jan 22, 2018
ExploitDB: EDB-44176 · Feb 26, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8726 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blogs.securiteam.com / index.php/archives/3589
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
github.com / pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
raw.githubusercontent.com / pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb
ExploitThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/43881
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/44176