CVE-2018-14847

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-12-01. Federal remediation due 2022-06-01.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

96.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-08-02 07:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2018-08-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

361876fc7d6ab6a573bf5ffe064397f5323445881d29ec63253ee2f56132d43f

• www.exploit-db.com45578https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/exploit
• github.comhttps://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit
• github.comhttps://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf
• github.comhttps://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC
• github.comhttps://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847
• n0p.mehttps://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/
• github.comhttps://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway
• mikrotik.comhttps://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14847government-resource