Description
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 a valid username and those with an invalid username allows attackers to enumerate for valid accounts.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 2 repositories
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deauther890/CVE-2024-54772 ★ 35 · Feb 6, 2025
This repo contains the exploit for CVE-2024-54772
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Seven11Eleven/CVE-2024-54772 ★ 0 · Jun 12, 2025
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- MikroTik WinBox <= 6.49.17 - Username Enumeration network/cves/2024/CVE-2024-54772.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.