CVE-2022-47522

HIGH

IEEE 802.11 through 802.11ax - Authentication Bypass by MAC Address Spoofing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-47522. PoCs published by toffeenutt.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-47522, which allows intercepting frames sent to arbitrary clients on a Wi-Fi network by leveraging a vulnerability in the MAC address spoofing mechanism. The exploit involves a deauthentication attack followed by MAC address spoofing to intercept traffic.

Description

The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept (possibly cleartext) target-destined frames by spoofing a target's MAC address, sending Power Save frames to the access point, and then sending other frames to the access point (such as authentication frames or re-association frames) to remove the target's original security context. This behavior occurs because the specifications do not require an access point to purge its transmit queue before removing a client's pairwise encryption key.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by toffeenutt · poc
https://github.com/toffeenutt/CVE-2022-47522-PoC

This repository contains a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-47522, which allows intercepting frames sent to arbitrary clients on a Wi-Fi network by leveraging a vulnerability in the MAC address spoofing mechanism. The exploit involves a deauthentication attack followed by MAC address spoofing to intercept traffic.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: Wi-Fi networks with MFP disabled
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Two wireless network interfaces (one supporting monitor mode) · Victim and attacker on the same Wi-Fi network with MFP disabled · Physical proximity to the target network
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0090
EPSS Percentile 55.0%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-290
Status published
Products (30)
ieee/ieee_802.11
sonicwall/soho_250_firmware
sonicwall/soho_250w_firmware
sonicwall/sonicwave_224w_firmware
sonicwall/sonicwave_231c_firmware
sonicwall/sonicwave_432o_firmware
sonicwall/sonicwave_621_firmware
sonicwall/sonicwave_641_firmware
sonicwall/sonicwave_681_firmware
sonicwall/tz270_firmware
... and 20 more
Published Apr 15, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026