CVE-2022-31874
Published: 17 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-31874 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Asus Rt-N53 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-31874 is a command injection vulnerability (CWE-77) affecting the ASUS RT-N53 wireless router running firmware version 3.0.0.4.376.3754. The flaw resides in the SystemCmd parameter of the apply.cgi web interface and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible exploitation without authentication or user interaction.
An unauthenticated attacker with network access can supply arbitrary operating-system commands through the vulnerable parameter, resulting in full compromise of the device with impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Public proof-of-concept code demonstrating the injection has been published on GitHub.
The EPSS score for this CVE stands at 0.1857 with no material increase from a lower baseline. No vendor advisory or patch information is referenced in the available sources.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-53210
Vulnerability details
ASUS RT-N53 3.0.0.4.376.3754 has a command injection vulnerability in the SystemCmd parameter of the apply.cgi interface.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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Mitigating Controls
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