CVE-2018-17021

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Published Sep 13, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on ASUS GT-AC5300 devices with firmware through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the appGet.cgi hook parameter.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:asus:gt-ac5300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:asus:gt-ac5300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-8805	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on ASUS GT-AC5300 devices with firmware through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the appGet.cgi hook parameter.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.095% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo/blob/master/ASUS/ac5300_xss/ASUS%20GT-AC5300%20XSS.MD

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Asus Gt-ac5300 Gt-ac5300 Firmware

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:31 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 13, 2018, 7:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:31 PM
Reserved: Sep 13, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 13, 2018, 7:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM

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