CVE-2016-6558
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.5% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.5% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-77 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-07-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (14)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| asus | ea-n66 |
| asus | ea-n66 firmware |
| asus | rp-ac52 |
| asus | rp-ac52 firmware |
| asus | rp-ac56 |
| asus | rp-ac56 firmware |
| asus | rp-n12 |
| asus | rp-n12 firmware |
| asus | rp-n14 |
| asus | rp-n14 firmware |
| asus | rp-n53 |
| asus | rp-n53 firmware |
| asus | wmp-n12 |
| asus | wmp-n12 firmware |
References
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