CVE-2018-15887 — Main_Analysis_Content

Main_Analysis_Content.asp in ASUS DSL-N12E_C1 1.1.2.3_345 is prone to Authenticated Remote Command Execution, which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands via service parameters, such as shell metacharacters in the destIP parameter of a cmdMethod=ping request.

01What is this vulnerability?

Main_Analysis_Content.asp in ASUS DSL-N12E_C1 1.1.2.3_345 is prone to Authenticated Remote Command Execution, which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands via service parameters, such as shell metacharacters in the destIP parameter of a cmdMethod=ping request.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-08-27T15:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T10:10:04.968Z

09References

• fakhrizulkifli.github.io — https://fakhrizulkifli.github.io/CVE-2018-15887.html