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Routeros CVE-2019-3924

HIGH
Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') (CWE-441)
2019-02-20 vulnreport@tenable.com
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service Proxy/intermediary controls
Impact

CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity + EPSS > 10%.
No patch listed yet 15.7% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

MikroTik RouterOS before 6.43.12 (stable) and 6.42.12 (long-term) is vulnerable to an intermediary vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-441. MikroTik RouterOS before 6.43.12 (stable) and 6.42.12 (long-term) is vulnerable to an intermediary vulnerability. The software will execute user defined network requests to both WAN and LAN clients. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to bypass the router's firewall or for general network scanning activities. Affected products include: Mikrotik Routeros. Version information: before 6.43.12.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionNVD

MikroTik RouterOS before 6.43.12 (stable) and 6.42.12 (long-term) is vulnerable to an intermediary vulnerability. The software will execute user defined network requests to both WAN and LAN clients. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to bypass the router's firewall or for general network scanning activities.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
15.7%
Top 4% exploitable
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 15.7%
Patch available No
Active threat Yes
Deciding rule
HIGH severity + EPSS > 10%
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

74
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +16
CVSS: +38
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

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CVE-2026-86060 CRITICAL POC
9.2 Sep 05

Privilege escalation in MikroTik RouterOS lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker abuse the SSH login helper to rewrite

CVE-2026-67277 HIGH POC
8.8 Sep 05

Remote unauthenticated exploitation of MikroTik RouterOS's Bandwidth Test (btest) service allows two distinct attacks: k

CVE-2026-67279 MEDIUM POC
6.9 Sep 05

SSH authentication bypass in MikroTik RouterOS allows any unauthenticated network attacker to skip the entire SSH user-a

CVE-2017-7285 HIGH POC
7.5 Mar 29

A vulnerability in the network stack of MikroTik Version 6.38.5 released 2017-03-09 could allow an unauthenticated remot

CVE-2017-6444 HIGH POC
7.5 Mar 12

The MikroTik Router hAP Lite 6.25 has no protection mechanism for unsolicited TCP ACK packets in the case of a fast netw

CVE-2022-34960 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Aug 25

The container package in MikroTik RouterOS 7.4beta4 allows an attacker to create mount points pointing to symbolic links

CVE-2018-7445 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Mar 19

A buffer overflow was found in the MikroTik RouterOS SMB service when processing NetBIOS session request messages. Rated

CVE-2026-67276 CRITICAL POC
9.2 Sep 05

Authentication bypass in MikroTik RouterOS lets a remote unauthenticated attacker log in over SSH as an authorized user

CVE-2018-14847 CRITICAL POC
9.1 Aug 02

MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated

CVE-2022-45313 HIGH POC
8.8 Dec 05

Mikrotik RouterOs before stable v7.5 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read in the hotspot process. Rated high

CVE-2018-1156 HIGH POC
8.8 Aug 23

Mikrotik RouterOS before 6.42.7 and 6.40.9 is vulnerable to stack buffer overflow through the license upgrade interface.

CVE-2026-67281 HIGH POC
8.7 Sep 05

Unauthenticated file read in MikroTik RouterOS WebFig exposes root-owned configuration files - including credential stor

References

Advisories & patches

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