VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-47522

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-04-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The IEEE 802.11 specifications through 802.11ax allow physically proximate attackers to intercept (possibly cleartext) target-destined frames by spoofing a target's MAC address, sending Power Save frames to the access point, and then sending other frames to the access point (such as authentication frames or re-association frames) to remove the target's original security context. This behavior occurs because the specifications do not require an access point to purge its transmit queue before removing a client's pairwise encryption key.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Primary references