CVE-2023-30799 (GCVE-0-2023-30799)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-07-19 14:56
Modified
2025-11-21 16:13
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
MikroTik RouterOS stable before 6.49.7 and long-term through 6.48.6 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation issue. A remote and authenticated attacker can escalate privileges from admin to super-admin on the Winbox or HTTP interface. The attacker can abuse this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
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MikroTik RouterOS Version: 0   ≤
Version: 0   ≤ 6.48.6
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