CVE-2016-6557

HIGH

ASUS RP-AC52 <1.0.1.1s - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In ASUS RP-AC52 access points with firmware version 1.0.1.1s and possibly earlier, the web interface, the web interface does not sufficiently verify whether a valid request was intentionally provided by the user. An attacker can perform actions with the same permissions as a victim user, provided the victim has an active session and is induced to trigger the malicious request.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93596
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763843

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (7)
asus/ea-n66_firmware
asus/rp-ac52_firmware < 1.0.1.1s
asus/rp-ac56_firmware
asus/rp-n12_firmware
asus/rp-n14_firmware
asus/rp-n53_firmware
asus/wmp-n12_firmware
Published Jul 13, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026