Path Traversal in Mikrotik Routeros
CVE-2018-14847
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.960 (99.9th percentile), scored .
Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.961 · newest: 0.960 · change: -0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)
This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on . CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.
BOD 22-01 due date: .
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- BasuCert/WinboxPoC
- hacker30468/Mikrotik-router-hack
- jas502n/CVE-2018-14847
- sinichi449/Python-MikrotikLoginExploit
- syrex1013/MikroRoot
- msterusky/WinboxExploit
- K3ysTr0K3R/CVE-2018-14847-EXPLOIT
- mahmoodsabir/mikrotik-beast
- babyshen/routeros-CVE-2018-14847-bytheway
- mourafuseti/VULNERAVEL-CVE-2018-14847---CREDENCIAIS-EXTRAIDAS
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
- github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.p… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
- github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability (Vendor Advisory)
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-14847?
- CVE-2018-14847 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-08-02.
- How severe is CVE-2018-14847?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-14847 known to be exploited?
- Yes. CVE-2018-14847 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-12-01), indicating it is being actively exploited. 80 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.