CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2015-6018

Pmg5318 B20a Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
20.6%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The diagnostic-ping implementation on ZyXEL PMG5318-B20A devices with firmware before 1.00(AANC.2)C0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the PingIPAddr parameter.
Affected vendor
Zyxel
Affected product
Pmg5318 B20a Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2015-12-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 20.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-6018

  • Confirm whether Zyxel Pmg5318 B20a Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-6018.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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