VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-12590

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability1.64%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Ubiquiti Networks EdgeSwitch version 1.7.3 and prior suffer from an externally controlled format-string vulnerability due to lack of protection on the admin CLI, leading to code execution and privilege escalation greater than administrators themselves are allowed. An attacker with access to an admin account could escape the restricted CLI and execute arbitrary code.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-134: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Primary references