What is CVE-2018-15481?

CVE-2018-15481 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ucopia Wireless Appliance, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-15481?

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

RCE in Ucopia Wireless Appliance

CVE-2018-15481

Improper input sanitization within the restricted administration shell on UCOPIA Wireless Appliance devices using firmware version 5.1.x before 5.1.13 allows authenticated remote attackers to escape the shell and escalate their privileges by adding a LocalCommand to the SSH configuration file in the user home folder.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15481?: CVE-2018-15481 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ucopia Wireless Appliance, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-15481?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.