CVE-2022-23970

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.005 · 39 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.45% (39th) EPSS

CVSS 4.8 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

ASUS RT-AX56U’s update_json function has a path traversal vulnerability due to insufficient filtering for special characters in the URL parameter. An unauthenticated LAN attacker can overwrite a system file by uploading another file with the same file name, which results in service disruption.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.8–8.1

v2.04.8mediumAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.5 · impact 4.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.2

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · twcert@cert.org.twexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.2

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

ASUS RT-AX56U≤ 3.0.0.4.386.45898enisa_euvdEU
asus rt-ax56u firmware= 3.0.0.4.386.45898nvdUScpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax56u_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-04-07modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

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