CVE-2016-6558

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

N/A
Published: July 13, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC
14 products affected across 1 vendorRp N12 FirmwareEa N66 FirmwareRp AC52 Firmware

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
asus-ea-n66 (same device)
v ≤ 1.0.1.1s
asus-rp-ac52 (same device)
All versions
asus-rp-ac56 (same device)
All versions
asus-rp-n12 (same device)
All versions
asus-rp-n14 (same device)
All versions
asus-rp-n53 (same device)
All versions
asus-wmp-n12 (same device)
80%
All versions
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763843
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93596

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77

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