: Attackers use the service's custom communication scheme to bypass standard security layers. Because this traffic is encrypted in a way that many standard Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) like Snort cannot inspect, the exploit can often go undetected.
If you are looking for high-impact MikroTik exploits often discussed in security circles, they usually involve these CVEs: Vulnerability Type Privilege Escalation Escalates admin to super-admin , giving a full root shell. CVE-2018-14847 Directory Traversal mikrotik 64710 exploit
Many vulnerabilities in the 6.4x series targeted the Winbox management interface , which often leaked information about whether a username existed through observable response discrepancies. : Attackers use the service's custom communication scheme
curl -X POST \ http://<target_IP>/winbox/ \ -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \ -d 'username=admin&password=admin&command=..&execute=<specially_crafted_command>' mikrotik 64710 exploit