CVE-2018-12591
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-06-20
- WeaknessCWE-78
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Description
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeSwitch version 1.7.3 and prior suffer from an improperly neutralized element in an OS command due to lack of protection on the admin CLI, leading to code execution and privilege escalation greater than administrators themselves are allowed. An attacker with access to an admin account could escape the restricted CLI and execute arbitrary shell instructions.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-06-2012:29CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-12591?format=csv
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | ≤ 1.7.3 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.07.2read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.09read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-78read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.9 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2018-06-20
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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