What is CVE-2016-6557?

CVE-2016-6557 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Ea-N66, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-6557?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Asus Ea-N66

CVE-2016-6557

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.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.009 (54.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Asus Ea-n66
Asus Ea-n66_firmware
Asus Rp-ac52
Asus Rp-ac52 Access Point — versions 1.0.1.1s
Asus Rp-ac52_firmware
Asus Rp-ac56
Asus Rp-ac56_firmware
Asus Rp-n12
Asus Rp-n12_firmware
Asus Rp-n14

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

cret@cert.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6557?: CVE-2016-6557 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Ea-N66, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-6557?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.