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CVE-2018-10561

Critical CVSS 9.8 Known exploited

Published 2018-05-04 · last changed 2026-06-17 · added to CISA KEV 2022-03-31

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2018-10561 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-31. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2018-10561, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

An issue was discovered on Dasan GPON home routers. It is possible to bypass authentication simply by appending "?images" to any URL of the device that requires authentication, as demonstrated by the /menu.html?images/ or /GponForm/diag_FORM?images/ URI. One can then manage the device.

Sources

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H