CVE-2016-6558

CVE-2016-6558: The ASUS RP-AC52 access point, firmware version 1.0.1.1s and possibly earlier, is vulnerable to command injection

Vendor Asus
Product RP-AC52 Access Point
Weakness CWE-77
Published July 13, 2018
Last update August 6, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 13, 2018 CVE published
August 6, 2024 Record updated