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CVE-2023-30799

MikroTik RouterOS Administrator Privilege Escalation

Published: Jul 19, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-269
NVD MITRE
9.1CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 33.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

routerosmikrotik
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
RouterOSMikroTik
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
mikrotikcommercialLVNetworking Infrastructureaka routeros, winbox

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/MarginResearch/FOISted
github.com
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/mikrotik-foisted
vulncheck.com
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/mikrotik-foisted
vulncheck.com
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Timeline

Published
Jul 19, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2025

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