What is CVE-2018-10577?

CVE-2018-10577 is a high-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Ap100, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-10577?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Watchguard Ap100

CVE-2018-10577

An issue was discovered on WatchGuard AP100, AP102, and AP200 devices with firmware before 1.2.9.15, and AP300 devices with firmware before 2.0.0.10. File upload functionality allows any users authenticated on the web interface to upload files containing code to the web root, allowing these files to be executed as root.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2018-05-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.065 (93.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.066 · newest: 0.065 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/12 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45409/ (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10577?: CVE-2018-10577 is a high-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Ap100, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-10577?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.