CVE-2023-41346 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting ASUS RT-AX55 routers, stemming from insufficient special character filtering in the token-refresh module. An authenticated remote attacker can exploit this with low complexity to execute arbitrary commands, leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code exists, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of active exploitation in "Operation WrtHug" by China-linked actors.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.0.4.386.51598CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax55_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.51598:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.