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CVE-2016-6558 (GCVE-0-2016-6558)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-13 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:36
VLAI
Title
The ASUS RP-AC52 access point, firmware version 1.0.1.1s and possibly earlier, is vulnerable to command injection
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93596 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763843 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ASUS RP-AC52 Access Point Affected: 1.0.1.1s
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Date Public
2016-10-17 00:00
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