# CVE-2018-14847

MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the WinBox interface.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2018-14847
- CVSS: 9.1
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2021-12-01; CISA due date 2022-06-01
- EPSS: 95.98% (percentile 99.9)
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module · 14 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2018-06-24)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-04)
- Weakness: CWE-22
- Published: 2018-08-02

## Affected

- mikrotik:routeros

## References

- [exploit] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/
- [other] https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit
- [other] https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf
- [other] https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC
- [other] https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847
- [other] https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/
- [other] https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway
- [other] https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14847

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