CVE-2018-12455

Nplug Firmware vulnerability

CVSS

8.1

EPSS

5.9%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

Intelbras NPLUG 1.0.0.14 wireless repeater devices have a critical vulnerability that allows an attacker to authenticate in the web interface just by using "admin:" as the name of a cookie.

Affected vendor

Intelbras

Affected product

Nplug Firmware

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Published

2018-10-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high 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 5.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-12455

Confirm whether Intelbras Nplug Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-12455.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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