CVE-2018-14847
MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files...
MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the WinBox interface.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the WinBox interface.
- Record
CVE-2018-14847- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the WinBox interface.
- Record
CVE-2018-14847- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-6729
MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the WinBox interface.
- Record
EUVD-2018-6729- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j583-4cfp-xf9m
MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files...
MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the WinBox interface.
- Record
GHSA-j583-4cfp-xf9m- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal Vulnerability
MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the WinBox interface.
- Record
CVE-2018-14847- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | BasuCert/WinboxPoC | 2018-06-24 |
| PoC in GitHub | msterusky/WinboxExploit | 2018-09-11 |
| Exploit-DB | MicroTik RouterOS < 6.43rc3 - Remote Root | 2018-10-10 |
| PoC in GitHub | syrex1013/MikroRoot | 2018-10-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | jas502n/CVE-2018-14847 | 2018-12-15 |
| PoC in GitHub | mahmoodsabir/mikrotik-beast | 2019-05-26 |
| PoC in GitHub | Tr33-He11/winboxPOC | 2019-09-25 |
| PoC in GitHub | sinichi449/Python-MikrotikLoginExploit | 2019-09-29 |
| PoC in GitHub | yukar1z0e/CVE-2018-14847 | 2020-04-29 |
| PoC in GitHub | hacker30468/Mikrotik-router-hack | 2021-04-21 |
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| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | babyshen/routeros-CVE-2018-14847-bytheway | 2022-10-31 |
| PoC in GitHub | tausifzaman/CVE-2018-14847 | 2025-04-16 |
| PoC in GitHub | TheMalwareGuardian/CVE-2018-14847 | 2026-04-27 |
| PoC in GitHub | mourafuseti/VULNERAVEL-CVE-2018-14847---CREDENCIAIS-EXTRAIDAS | 2026-05-20 |
| PoC in GitHub | luel-4013/misfortune-cookie | 2026-09-07 |
| Metasploit | Mikrotik Winbox Arbitrary File Read | 2018-08-02 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation, exploits | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-14847 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Mikrotik Routeros, published August 2, 2018. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since December 1, 2021. EUVD reports exploitation since December 1, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 96.0%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.