What is CVE-2018-17021?

CVE-2018-17021 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Asus Gt-ac5300, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-17021?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-17021 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Asus Gt-ac5300

CVE-2018-17021

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on ASUS GT-AC5300 devices with firmware through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the appGet.cgi hook parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17021?: CVE-2018-17021 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Asus Gt-ac5300, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-17021?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-17021 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.