CVE-2023-29772
Published: 02 May 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-29772 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Asus Rt-Ac51U Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.2 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 19.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-33310
Vulnerability details
A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the System Log/General Log page of the administrator web UI in ASUS RT-AC51U wireless router firmware version up to and including 3.0.0.4.380.8591 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a…
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malicious network request.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.