Privilege escalation in Mikrotik Routeros
CVE-2023-30799
MikroTik RouterOS stable before 6.49.7 and long-term through 6.48.6 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation issue. A remote and authenticated attacker can escalate privileges from admin to super-admin on the Winbox or HTTP interface. The attacker can abuse this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (72.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Mikrotik Routeros — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- vulncheck.com/advisories/mikrotik-foisted (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- github.com/MarginResearch/FOISted (Third Party Advisory, exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-30799?
- CVE-2023-30799 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-07-19.
- How severe is CVE-2023-30799?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-30799 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.