CVE-2022-23971

Summary

CVECVE-2022-23971
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-07 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-14 20:48:00 UTC
DescriptionASUS RT-AX56U’s update_PLC/PORT file has a path traversal vulnerability due to insufficient filtering for special characters in the URL parameter. An unauthenticated LAN attacker can overwrite a system file by uploading another PLC/PORT file with the same file name, which results in service disruption.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Asus Rt-ax56u - All All All
Operating System Asus Rt-ax56u Firmware 3.0.0.4.386.45898 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
TWCERT/CC台灣電腦網路危機處理暨協調中心|企業資安通報協處|資安情資分享|漏洞通報|資安聯盟|資安電子報-ASUS RT-AX56U - Path Traversal MISC www.twcert.org.tw
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: hanpeng (Cyber Kunlun Lab)

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