CVE-2018-14847
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.1 Critical
- Published
- Aug 2, 2018
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 2, 2018
Description
MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the WinBox interface.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.1 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- 45578exploit
- https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf
- https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847
- https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway
- https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14847government-resource
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