CVE-2020-23648
Asus RT-N12E 2.0.0.39 is affected by an incorrect access control vulnerability.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Asus RT-N12E 2.0.0.39 is affected by an incorrect access control vulnerability. Through system.asp / start_apply.htm, an attacker can change the administrator password without any authentication.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.36% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Affected
- asus/rt-n12e firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://gist.github.com/ninj4c0d3r/574d2753d469e4ba51dfe555d9c2d4fbExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTN12E/HelpDesk_BIOS/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.shodan.io/search?query=rt-n12eThird Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/ninj4c0d3r/574d2753d469e4ba51dfe555d9c2d4fbExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTN12E/HelpDesk_BIOS/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.shodan.io/search?query=rt-n12eThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.