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CVE-2018-1164

CRITICAL

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service condition on vulnerable installations of ZyXEL P-870H-51 DSL Router 1.00(AWG.3)D5. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within numerous exposed CGI endpoints. The vulnerability is caused by improper access controls that allow access to critical functions without authentication. An attacker can use this vulnerability to reboot affected devices, along with other actions. Was ZDI-CAN-4540.

Published: Feb 21, 2018 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-306 CWE-732

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
zyxel p-870h-51_firmware 1.00\(awg.3\)d5

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-943g-cpqh-7wmv

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service condition on vulnerable...

References (2)

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 3.96%

Top 10% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 40.4 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub