PT-2018-13844 · Asus · Asus Gt-Ac5300

Bigbear · Published 2018-09-13 · Updated 2018-11-07 · CVE-2018-17023

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ASUS GT-AC5300 routers with firmware through 3.0.0.4.384 32738

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the administrator password via a request to "start apply.htm".

Recommendations For firmware versions through 3.0.0.4.384 32738, consider disabling access to the "start apply.htm" endpoint until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-17023

Affected Products

Asus Gt-Ac5300

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo/blob/master/ASUS/csrf_bypass_referer/ASUS%20GT-AC5300%20csrf%20bypass%20referer.MD · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17023 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17023 · Vendor Advisory