What is CVE-2018-5265?

CVE-2018-5265 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ui Edgeos, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-06-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-5265?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Ui Edgeos

CVE-2018-5265

Ubiquiti EdgeOS 1.9.1 on EdgeRouter Lite devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with admin credentials, because /opt/vyatta/share/vyatta-cfg/templates/system/static-host-mapping/host-name/node.def does not sanitize the 'alias' or 'ips' parameter for shell metacharacters.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.030 (85.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ui Edgeos — versions 1.9.1
Ui Erlite-3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5265?: CVE-2018-5265 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ui Edgeos, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-5265?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.