FKIE_CVE-2022-26673

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-04-22 07:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:35
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
ASUS RT-AX88U has insufficient filtering for special characters in the HTTP header parameter. A remote attacker with general user privilege can exploit this vulnerability to inject JavaScript and perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
References
twcert@cert.org.twhttps://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-6042-6cc0f-1.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-6042-6cc0f-1.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
asus rt-ax88u_firmware *
asus rt-ax88u -
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