CVE-2021-41437 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An HTTP response splitting attack in web application in ASUS RT-AX88U before v3.0.0.4.388.20558 allows an attacker to craft a specific URL that if an authenticated victim visits it, the URL will give access to the cloud storage of the attacker.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01205.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Asus	Rt-ax88u Rt-ax88u Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax88u_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:asus:rt-ax88u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-28464	An HTTP response splitting attack in web application in ASUS RT-AX88U before v3.0.0.4.388.20558 allows an attacker to craft a specific URL that if an authenticated victim visits it, the URL will give access to the cloud storage of the attacker.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/efchatz/easy-exploits/tree/main/Web/ASUS/CVE-2021-41437
https://www.asus.com/Networking-IoT-Servers/WiFi-Routers/ASUS-Gaming-Routers/RT-AX88U/HelpDesk_BIOS/

History

Wed, 21 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-26T13:18:38.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-21T18:37:09.543Z

Reserved: 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-41437

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:15:27.295Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-26T14:15:09.627

Modified: 2025-05-21T19:15:55.587

Link: CVE-2021-41437

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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