{"id":"CVE-2016-6558","aliases":["EUVD-2016-7479","GHSA-crrg-v4fm-59fp"],"status":"published","title":"The ASUS RP-AC52 access point, firmware version 1.0.1.1s and possibly earlier, is vulnerable to command injection","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.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.03503,"percentile":0.89256,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-77"],"published":"2018-07-13T20:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:51:22Z","products":[{"vendor":"asus","product":"ea-n66_firmware"},{"vendor":"asus","product":"rp-ac52 access point"},{"vendor":"asus","product":"rp-ac52_firmware"},{"vendor":"asus","product":"rp-ac56_firmware"},{"vendor":"asus","product":"rp-n12_firmware"},{"vendor":"asus","product":"rp-n14_firmware"},{"vendor":"asus","product":"rp-n53_firmware"},{"vendor":"asus","product":"wmp-n12_firmware"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93596","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763843","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_CERT-VN","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6558"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-crrg-v4fm-59fp"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-6558","title":"The ASUS RP-AC52 access point, firmware version 1.0.1.1s and possibly earlier, is vulnerable to command injection","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.","status":"published","published":"2018-07-13T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T01:36:28.511Z","cwes":["CWE-77"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:34.443637Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2016-7479","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. 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