TI-2018-12165 Aliases CVE-2018-17023 GHSA-qhxq-wjg2-hvvj

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability on ASUS GT-AC5300 routers with firmware…

LOW 39CWE-352Published 2018-09-13 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability on ASUS GT-AC5300 routers with firmware through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the administrator password via a request to start_apply.htm.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00614 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:asus:gt-ac5300_firmware::::::::	up to 3.0.0.4.384_32738	Vulnerable	ASUS
cpe:2.3:h:asus:gt-ac5300:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	ASUS

cpe:2.3:o:asus:gt-ac5300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.0.0.4.384_32738 Vulnerable ·ASUS
cpe:2.3:h:asus:gt-ac5300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·ASUS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-17023
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qhxq-wjg2-hvvj

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo/blob/master/ASUS/csrf_bypass_referer/ASUS%20GT-AC5300%20csrf%20bypass%20referer.MD

TI-2018-12162 ASUS GT-AC5300 devices with firmware through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allow remote attackers to… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2018-12235 blocking_request.cgi on ASUS GT-AC5300 devices through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allows remote… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2018-12164 Stack-based buffer overflow on the ASUS GT-AC5300 router through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.2
TI-2018-12163 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on ASUS GT-AC5300 devices with firmware through… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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