What is CVE-2022-23972?

CVE-2022-23972 is a high-severity vulnerability in ASUS Rt-Ax56u, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-23972?

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

SQL Injection in ASUS Rt-Ax56u

CVE-2022-23972

ASUS RT-AX56U’s SQL handling function has an SQL injection vulnerability due to insufficient user input validation. An unauthenticated LAN attacker to inject arbitrary SQL code to read, modify and delete database.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2022-04-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: -0.000

Affected products

ASUS Rt-Ax56u — versions 3.0.0.4.386.45898
ASUS Rt-Ax56u Firmware — versions 3.0.0.4.386.45898

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-5786-d2e86-1.html (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23972?: CVE-2022-23972 is a high-severity vulnerability in ASUS Rt-Ax56u, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-23972?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.