Vulnerabilityhigh
MikroTik routers with default credentials can be easily compromised
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2018-1156+3 related CVEs | Mikrotik RouterOS before 6.42.7 and 6.40.9 is vulnerable to stack buffer overflow through the license upgrade interface | 8.8 group max | 7% | PoC | |
| CVE-2018-14847 | Directory Traversal in MikroTik RouterOS Winbox Interface (Unauthenticated File Read) | 9.1 | 96% | KEVPoC ×7 | KEV |
From the original article
3 min read at helpnetsecurity.com
If you own a MikroTik router and you haven’t updated its RouterOS in the last month, you should do so now: Tenable Research has released details about four vulnerabilities they found in the OS, including an authenticated remote code execution flaw that can be leveraged against routers with default credentials.
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