CVE-2018-14847
MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- Published
- Aug 2, 2018
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Oct 10, 2018
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.9%
- Model date
- Oct 13, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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.
Sources
modules/auxiliary/gather/mikrotik_winbox_fileread.py
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- verification: check_not_declared($.auxiliary_gather/mikrotik_winbox_fileread.check)
By the Way is an exploit that enables a root shell on Mikrotik devices running RouterOS versions:
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