# CVE-2018-10562: An issue was discovered on Dasan GPON home routers.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-03-31, remediation due 2022-04-21
- Published: 2018-05-04 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

The affected software is the firmware on Dasan GPON home routers, which can be abused to run attacker-supplied system commands through the router's diagnostic ping function. An attacker could then read the output of those commands, potentially gaining control of the device.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered on Dasan GPON home routers. Command Injection can occur via the dest_host parameter in a diag_action=ping request to a GponForm/diag_Form URI. Because the router saves ping results in /tmp and transmits them to the user when the user revisits /diag.html, it's quite simple to execute commands and retrieve their output.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107053
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44576/
- https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/critical-vulnerability-gpon-router/

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