CVE-2018-14847 — MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

• Documented mitigation — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented mitigation — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

CISA required action CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal deadline: Jun 1, 2022 — passed 1598 day(s) ago

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Mikrotik Routeros).
2. Treat as emergency remediation: the CVE is in CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
3. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
4. Apply the documented mitigations until a definitive fix is available.
5. EPSS ahead of 100% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
6. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (file handling), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-22 · Path Traversal

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CISA KEV details CISA

CISA lists a CVE once it has evidence of exploitation against real targets.

CISA records ransomware use only for campaigns it has confirmed, so “Unknown” means unrecorded, not ruled out. The deadline binds US federal agencies; for everyone else it is a reference date.

Public exploits, PoCs and detection templates

Public code that demonstrates or tests the flaw raises the odds of mass exploitation — and Nuclei templates help find vulnerable assets in your environment.

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EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 15, 2026 · 3 reading(s) · max 95.98%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Monitor file creation in web directories and paths with traversal sequences (../).
• Hunt retroactively in logs from before Dec 1, 2021 (KEV listing): exploitation may have started earlier.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• Fix documented
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Affected products added · mikrotik/routeros
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · Published → Analyzed
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• CVSS changed · 9.1
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Source status changed · → Published
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Added to CISA KEV (detected)
  Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
• 2021
• Added to CISA KEV catalog
  Nov 30, 2021 · CISA
• 2018
• CVE published
  Aug 2, 2018 · mitre

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 3× References added · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

13 on the record

• mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability
  Vendor Advisory, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC
  Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit
  Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
  US Government Resource, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-j583-4cfp-xf9m
  GitHub Security Advisories
• www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578
  GitHub Security Advisories
• github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847
  Exploit, Third Party Advisory, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14847
  GitHub Security Advisories
• github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pd
  Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection
  GitHub Security Advisories
• n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/
  Exploit, Third Party Advisory, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/
  exploit, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway
  Exploit, Third Party Advisory, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• High CVE-2026-103903 MikroTik RouterOS WinBox split-principal authentication bypass allows privilege escalation 3d
• Critical CVE-2026-84411 MikroTik RouterOS Integer Underflow 13d
• High CVE-2026-93345 MikroTik RouterOS < 7.25beta4 Improper Input Validation DoS via BGP Labelled-VPN NLRI 23d
• High CVE-2026-89028 MikroTik RouterOS < 7.24 Heap Corruption via SMB1 SessionSetupAndX 29d
• Medium CVE-2026-56719 MikroTik RouterOS < 7.24 Out-of-Bounds Read via SMB1 SessionSetupAndX 29d
• Medium CVE-2026-89021 MikroTik RouterOS Path Traversal via Container OCI/tar Image Extraction Sep 14, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2018-14847 is "MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal Vulnerability", rated Critical. It affects Routeros (Mikrotik); versions are in the scope table. It is in CISA KEV: there is evidence of real-world exploitation. CVSS 9.1 describes technical severity. EPSS 95.98% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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