CVE-2017-5255
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for...
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for certain parameters on the web management console allows any authenticated user (including the otherwise low-privilege readonly user) to inject shell meta-characters as part of a specially-crafted POST request to the get_chart function and run OS-level commands, effectively as root.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for certain parameters on the web management console allows any authenticated user (including the otherwise low-privilege readonly user) to inject shell meta-characters as part of a specially-crafted POST request to the get_chart function and run OS-level commands, effectively as root.
- Record
CVE-2017-5255- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for certain parameters on the web management console allows any authenticated user (including the otherwise low-privilege readonly user) to inject shell meta-characters as part of a specially-crafted POST request to the get_chart function and run OS-level commands, effectively as root.
- Record
CVE-2017-5255- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14360 No score
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for certain parameters on the web management console allows any authenticated user (including the otherwise low-privilege readonly user) to inject shell meta-characters as part of a specially-crafted POST request to the get_chart function and run OS-level commands, effectively as root.
- Record
EUVD-2017-14360- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x9r7-5gw2-pphx
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for...
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for certain parameters on the web management console allows any authenticated user (including the otherwise low-privilege readonly user) to inject shell meta-characters as part of a specially-crafted POST request to the get_chart function and run OS-level commands, effectively as root.
- Record
GHSA-x9r7-5gw2-pphx- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Cambium ePMP1000 - 'get_chart' Shell via Command Injection (Metasploit) | 2018-01-01 |
| Metasploit | Cambium ePMP 1000 'get_chart' Command Injection (v3.1-3.5-RC7) | |
| Metasploit | Cambium ePMP 1000 'ping' Command Injection (up to v2.5) | |
| Metasploit | Cambium ePMP1000 'get_chart' Shell via Command Injection (v3.1-3.5-RC7) | 2017-12-18 |
| Metasploit | Cambium ePMP1000 'ping' Shell via Command Injection (up to v2.5) | 2015-11-28 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-5255 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Cambium Networks Epmp, published December 20, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 74.2%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.