CVE-2018-18728 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Tenda AC9, AC15, and AC18 routers running specific firmware versions. The flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the usbName field via a POST request to the __fastcall function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of the affected devices. Despite its critical nature, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
15.03.05.19\(6318\)_cnCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tenda:ac9_firmware:15.03.05.19\(6318\)_cn:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.03.05.19_cnCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tenda:ac15_firmware:15.03.05.19_cn:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.03.05.19\(6318\)_cnCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tenda:ac18_firmware:15.03.05.19\(6318\)_cn:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.