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CVE-2021-35973

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.06%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-06-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2021-35973
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.06%

Original NVD Description

NETGEAR WAC104 devices before 1.0.4.15 are affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability in /usr/sbin/mini_httpd, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to invoke any action by adding the &currentsetting.htm substring to the HTTP query, a related issue to CVE-2020-27866. This directly allows the attacker to change the web UI password, and eventually to enable debug mode (telnetd) and gain a shell on the device as the admin limited-user account (however, escalation to root is simple because of weak permissions on the /etc/ directory).