Username enumeration via WinBox response-length oracle
Published Feb 11, 2025 · Updated Feb 24, 2025
Information disclosure in MikroTik RouterOS before 6.49.18 or 7.18 allows remote attackers to enumerate WinBox usernames. WinBox returns a 51-byte login response for an existing username but 35 bytes for an invalid one, creating a response-length oracle. No credentials are needed, but WinBox must be reachable; the default firewall confines access to the LAN, and the disclosure does not reveal passwords.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in MikroTik RouterOS before 6.49.18 or 7.18 allows remote attackers to enumerate WinBox usernames. WinBox returns a 51-byte login response for an existing username but 35 bytes for an invalid one, creating a response-length oracle. No credentials are needed, but WinBox must be reachable; the default firewall confines access to the LAN, and the disclosure does not reveal passwords.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-54772
- Published
- Feb 11, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-208, T1087
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- mikrotik_routeros_username_enum.pyfunctional · unverified
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