Rt Ax56U Firmware
CVE-2022-23972
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: adjacent network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
ASUS RT-AX56U’s SQL handling function has an SQL injection vulnerability due to insufficient user input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use parameterized queries/prepared statements. Never concatenate user input into SQL. Apply least-privilege database permissions.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as SQL Injection (CWE-89), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database. 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. Affected products include: Asus Rt-Ax56U Firmware.
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AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
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.
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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