Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-54772

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 11 February 2025

Published
11 February 2025
Modified
30 June 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0204 84.2th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-54772 is a medium-severity Observable Timing Discrepancy (CWE-208) vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Local Account (T1087.001); ranked in the top 15.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in the Winbox service of MikroTik RouterOS long-term release v6.43.13 through v6.49.13 and stable v6.43 through v7.17.2. A patch is available in the stable release v6.49.18. A discrepancy in response size between connection attempts made with…

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a valid username and those with an invalid username allows attackers to enumerate for valid accounts.

CWE(s)
CWE-208

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1087.001 Local Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of local system accounts.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability in MikroTik RouterOS Winbox service allows remote attackers to enumerate valid local usernames by detecting differences in response sizes for valid vs. invalid usernames, directly facilitating T1087.001 Local Account discovery.

Affected Assets

mikrotik
routeros
6.43 — 6.49.18 · 6.43.13 — 6.49.13 · 7.1 — 7.18

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-30 Concealment and Misdirection
addresses: CWE-208

Timing randomization or delays can mask true operation timing and mislead timing-based attacks.

SC-31 Covert Channel Analysis
addresses: CWE-208

Observable timing discrepancies are a primary mechanism for constructing covert timing channels; analysis identifies and bounds them, limiting exploitation.

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