What is CVE-2022-22054?

CVE-2022-22054 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ASUS Rt-Ax56u, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-22054?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in ASUS Rt-Ax56u

CVE-2022-22054

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Asus Rt-ax56u — versions 3.0.0.4.386.44266
Asus Rt-ax56u_firmware — versions 3.0.0.4.386.44266

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

twcert@cert.org.tw (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22054?: CVE-2022-22054 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ASUS Rt-Ax56u, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-22054?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.