CVE-2016-6558 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763843 https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93596

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8