MikroTik RouterOS Administrator Privilege Escalation
Published Jul 19, 2023
9.1
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.43%
Description
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.
Affected products
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<=6.48.6
- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<6.49.7
- Version
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
PoCAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Oct 24, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2023–2026- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.43% (0.01428) | 72.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.31% (0.01313) | 66.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 74.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00108) | 45.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00076) | 32.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 28.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00055) | 20.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
References (2)
- https://github.com/MarginResearch/FOISted exploitThird Party Advisory
- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/mikrotik-foisted third-party-advisoryThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/MarginResearch/FOISted | exploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://vulncheck.com/advisories/mikrotik-foisted | third-party-advisoryThird Party Advisory |
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