CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-6558

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2018-07-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-07-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-77

Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in apply.cgi on the ASUS RP-AC52 access point, firmware version 1.0.1.1s and possibly earlier, web interface specifically in the action_script parameter. The action_script parameter specifies a script to be executed if the action_mode parameter does not contain a valid state. If the input provided by action_script does not match one of the hard coded options, then it will be executed as the argument of either a system() or an eval() call allowing arbitrary commands to be executed.

Affected configurations

• asus rp-ac52 firmware (<= 1.0.1.1s) • asus ea-n66 firmware • asus rp-n12 firmware • asus rp-n14 firmware • asus rp-n53 firmware • asus rp-ac56 firmware • asus wmp-n12 firmware

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness

References