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GHSA-C628-MP65-3F6F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-19 15:30 – Updated: 2025-11-21 18:30

Details

MikroTik RouterOS stable before 6.49.7 and long-term through 6.48.6 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation issue. A remote and authenticated attacker can escalate privileges from admin to super-admin on the Winbox or HTTP interface. The attacker can abuse this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical)


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

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CVE-2023-30799 (GCVE-0-2023-30799)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-19 14:56 – Updated: 2025-11-21 16:13

Summary

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical)


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

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://vulncheck.com/advisories/mikrotik-foisted	third-party-advisory
	https://github.com/MarginResearch/FOISted	exploit

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	MikroTik	RouterOS	Affected: 0 , < 6.49.7 (semver) Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.48.6 (semver)

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-C628-MP65-3F6F

CVE-2023-30799 (GCVE-0-2023-30799)

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