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CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-11491

Hg100 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.7%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
ASUS HG100 devices with firmware before 1.05.12 allow unauthenticated access, leading to remote command execution.
Affected vendor
Asus
Affected product
Hg100 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-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2018-07-25

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 6.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-11491

  • Confirm whether Asus Hg100 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-11491.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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