Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 15, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-18320
CVE-2018-18320
Description
An issue was discovered in the Merlin.PHP component 0.6.6 for Asuswrt-Merlin devices. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands because exec.php has a popen call. NOTE: the vendor indicates that Merlin.PHP is designed only for use on a trusted intranet network, and intentionally allows remote code execution
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Affected products
17- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac1900_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac2900_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac3100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac3200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac5300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac56u_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac66u_b1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac68p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac68u_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac68uf_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac86u_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac87_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt-ac88u_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- cpe:2.3:o:asuswrt-merlin_project:rt_ac1900p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=380.70
- Range: =0.6.6
- Range: =0.6.6
Patches
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References
2- blog.51cto.com/010bjsoft/2298828nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/qoli/Merlin.PHP/issues/26nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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