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CVE detail

CVE-2017-5891

ASUS RT-AC* and RT-N* devices with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.7378 have Login Page CSRF and Save Settings CSRF.

CVSS 8.8 · HighBuzz score 25.6

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 25.6

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 9.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
16.1
4 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
9.5
4 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
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within the 30d window
Peak daily
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highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
4 source links · newest first
  • Users of Asus RT-N and RT-AC series routers should install the latest firmware updates released for their models because they address vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to hijack router settings. The flaws were discovered by researchers from security consultancy outfit Nightwatch Cybersecurity and leave many Asus router models exposed to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. […]

    newswww.csoonline.comMay 11, 2017, 7:04 PM
  • If you own an Asus RT wireless router, and you haven’t updated its firmware for a while, now is the time to do it. Researchers from Nightwatch Cybersecurity have revealed details and POC exploit code for a number of vulnerabilities affecting 40 or so router models, some of which can be exploited easily by luring users to a malicious site or through a malicious mobile or desktop application running on the same network. The researchers … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comMay 11, 2017, 5:11 PM
  • Security experts at Nightwatch Cybersecurity have found serious flaws in the Asus RT wireless routers that could allow hackers to take over them. Security experts at Nightwatch Cybersecurity serious flaws in the Asus RT wireless routers. Dozens of models don’t implement an adequate protection against cross-site request forgery attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-5891, affects the Asus RT […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMay 11, 2017, 3:09 PM
  • Asus Patches CSRF, JSONP and XSS Flaws in RT Routers

    newswww.securityweek.comMay 10, 2017, 4:20 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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