CVE-2018-18319 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CWE-94) affecting the Merlin.PHP component 0.6.6 of Asuswrt-Merlin devices. An unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands by exploiting an eval call in api.php, as demonstrated by a crafted URI. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 380.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac5300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 380.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt_ac1900p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 380.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac68u_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 380.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac68p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 380.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac88u_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.