Critical severity9.0NVD Advisory· Published Jul 5, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-43702
CVE-2021-43702
Description
ASUS RT-A88U 3.0.0.4.386_45898 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The ASUS router admin panel does not sanitize the WiFI logs correctly, if an attacker was able to change the SSID of the router with a custom payload, they could achieve stored XSS on the device.
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Affected products
95- cpe:2.3:o:asus:4g-ac53u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:4g-ac68u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rog_rapture_gt-ac2900_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rog_rapture_gt-ac5300_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rog_rapture_gt-ax11000_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1200_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1200e_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1200g\+_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1200g\+_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1200g_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1200gu_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1200hp_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1300g\+_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1300uhp_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1750_b1__firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1750_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1900_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1900p_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac1900u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac2200_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac2400_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac2600_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac2900_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac3100_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac3200_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac51u\+_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac51u\+_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac51u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac52u_b1_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac5300_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac53_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac55u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac55uhp_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac56r_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac56s_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac56u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac57u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac58u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac65p_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac65u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac66r_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac66u\+_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac66u\+_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac66u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac66u_b1_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac66w_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac68p_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac68r_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac68uf_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac68w_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac85p_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac85u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac86u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac87r_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac87u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac88u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-acrh13_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-acrh17_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax3000_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax55_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax56u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax58u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax68u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax82u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax86u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax88u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax89x_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax92u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n12\+_b1_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n12d1_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n12e_b1_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n12e_c1_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n12hp_b1_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n12vp_b1_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n14uhp_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n18u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n19_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n66c1_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n66r_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n66u_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n66w_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:tuf_gaming_ax3000_v2_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:tuf_gaming_ax5400_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi__pro_xt12_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi_ac_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi_ac_mini_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi_ax_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi_ax_hybrid_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi_ax_mini_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi_et8_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi_pro_et12_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi_xd4s_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi_xd5_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi_xd6_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenwifi_xt9_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.46061:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ASUS/RT-A88Udescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.kroll.com/en/insights/publications/cyber/cve-2021-43702-from-discovery-to-patchnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.asus.com/uk/Networking-IoT-Servers/WiFi-Routers/ASUS-WiFi-Routers/RT-AC88U/nvdProductVendor Advisory
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