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Case File

CVE-2018-5999

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 87.26% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-01-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗
External Security References
raw.githubusercontent.com ↗ exploit-db.com ↗ exploit-db.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2018-5999
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
87.26%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in AsusWRT before 3.0.0.4.384_10007. In the handle_request function in router/httpd/httpd.c, processing of POST requests continues even if authentication fails.