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CVE-2021-34980

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.37% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-01-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2021-34980
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.37%

Original NVD Description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6260 1.1.0.78_1.0.1 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the setupwizard.cgi page. When parsing the SOAP_LOGIN_TOKEN environment variable, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-14107.

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