What is CVE-2018-10575?

CVE-2018-10575 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Ap100, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-10575?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Watchguard Ap100

CVE-2018-10575

An issue was discovered on WatchGuard AP100, AP102, and AP200 devices with firmware before 1.2.9.15. Hardcoded credentials exist for an unprivileged SSH account with a shell of /bin/false.

Published 2018-04-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.085 (94.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.087 · newest: 0.085 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

www.watchguard.com/wgrd-blog/new-firmware-available-ap100ap102ap200ap300-securi… (Vendor Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/12 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45409/ (exploit)
watchguardsupport.secure.force.com/publicKB (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10575?: CVE-2018-10575 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Ap100, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-10575?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.