CVE-2022-47522
The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept...
The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept (possibly cleartext) target-destined frames by spoofing a target's MAC address, sending Power Save frames to the access point, and then sending other frames to the access point (such as authentication frames or re-association frames) to remove the target's original security context. This behavior occurs because the specifications do not require an access point to purge its transmit queue before removing a client's pairwise encryption key.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept (possibly cleartext) target-destined frames by spoofing a target's MAC address, sending Power Save frames to the access point, and then sending other frames to the access point (such as authentication frames or re-association frames) to remove the target's original security context. This behavior occurs because the specifications do not require an access point to purge its transmit queue before removing a client's pairwise encryption key.
- Record
CVE-2022-47522- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-290
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
7.5
The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept (possibly cleartext) target-destined frames by spoofing a target's MAC address, sending Power Save frames to the access point, and then sending other frames to the access point (such as authentication frames or re-association frames) to remove the target's original security context. This behavior occurs because the specifications do not require an access point to purge its transmit queue before removing a client's pairwise encryption key.
- Record
CVE-2022-47522- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-290
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-50283
7.5
The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept (possibly cleartext) target-destined frames by spoofing a target's MAC address, sending Power Save frames to the access point, and then sending other frames to the access point (such as authentication frames or re-association frames) to remove the target's original security context. This behavior occurs because the specifications do not require an access point to purge its transmit queue before removing a client's pairwise encryption key.
- Record
EUVD-2022-50283- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mhx7-gx95-mh4v
7.5
The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept...
The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept (possibly cleartext) target-destined frames by spoofing a target's MAC address, sending Power Save frames to the access point, and then sending other frames to the access point (such as authentication frames or re-association frames) to remove the target's original security context. This behavior occurs because the specifications do not require an access point to purge its transmit queue before removing a client's pairwise encryption key.
- Record
GHSA-mhx7-gx95-mh4v- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-290
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- ieee 802.11
- sonicwall soho 250 firmware
- sonicwall soho 250w firmware
- sonicwall sonicwave 224w firmware
- sonicwall sonicwave 231c firmware
- sonicwall sonicwave 432o firmware
- sonicwall sonicwave 621 firmware
- sonicwall sonicwave 641 firmware
- sonicwall sonicwave 681 firmware
- sonicwall tz270 firmware
- sonicwall tz270w firmware
- sonicwall tz300 firmware
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- sonicwall tz300p firmware
- sonicwall tz300w firmware
- sonicwall tz350 firmware
- sonicwall tz350w firmware
- sonicwall tz370 firmware
- sonicwall tz370w firmware
- sonicwall tz400 firmware
- sonicwall tz400w firmware
- sonicwall tz470 firmware
- sonicwall tz470w firmware
- sonicwall tz500 firmware
- sonicwall tz500w firmware
- sonicwall tz570 firmware
- sonicwall tz570p firmware
- sonicwall tz570w firmware
- sonicwall tz600 firmware
- sonicwall tz600p firmware
- sonicwall tz670 firmware
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | toffeenutt/CVE-2022-47522-PoC | 2025-02-10 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-47522 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Ieee 802.11, published April 15, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.89%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.