CVE-2021-20090
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-29 00:00
Modified
2025-02-06 20:25
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability in the web interfaces of Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2 firmware version <= 1.02 and WSR-2533DHP3 firmware version <= 1.24 could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass authentication.
References
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914124Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.secpod.com/blog/arcadyan-based-routers-and-modems-under-active-exploitation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-13Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914124Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.secpod.com/blog/arcadyan-based-routers-and-modems-under-active-exploitation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-13Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2, Buffalo WSR-2533DHP3 Version: WSR-2533DHPL2 <=1.02, WSR-2533DHP3 <= 1.24
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2021-11-03

Due date: 2021-11-17

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20090

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