CVE-2018-14847

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.960 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 16 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

96.0% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 6.4 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2021-12-01remediate by 2022-06-01

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EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.4–9.1

v2.06.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 4.9

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2

v3.18.6highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-287US

exploits (16)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

auxiliary/gather/mikrotik_winbox_filereadMikrotik Winbox Arbitrary File Readfunctional · metasploit
EDB-45578MicroTik RouterOS < 6.43rc3 - Remote RootPoC · exploit_db
BasuCert/WinboxPoCProof of Concept of Winbox Critical Vulnerability (CVE-2018-14847)PoC · poc_in_github
TheMalwareGuardian/CVE-2018-14847Analysis and PoC for CVE-2018-14847, MikroTik RouterOS Winbox information disclosure vulnerability allowing unauthenticated read access to the credential database.PoC · poc_in_github
Tr33-He11/winboxPOCProof of Concept of Winbox Critical Vulnerability (CVE-2018-14847) PoC · poc_in_github
babyshen/routeros-CVE-2018-14847-bythewayBy the Way is an exploit that enables a root shell on Mikrotik devices running RouterOS versions:PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
MikroTik RouterOS≤ 6.42fstec_bduRU
mikrotik routeros≤ 6.42nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-08-02modified 2026-06-17

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references (24)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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