Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2022 · Assigned by twcert

CVE-2022-22054ASUS RT-AX56U - Path Traversal

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in RT-AX56U from ASUS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

ASUS RT-AX56U’s login function contains a path traversal vulnerability due to its inadequate filtering for special characters in URL parameters, which allows an unauthenticated local area network attacker to access restricted system paths and download arbitrary files.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
ASUS	RT-AX56U	3.0.0.4.386.44266

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-5508-59251-1.html x_refsource_MISC