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CVE-2021-20697 (GCVE-0-2021-20697)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-26 00:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:45
VLAI
Summary
Missing authentication for critical function in DAP-1880AC firmware version 1.21 and earlier allows a remote attacker to login to the device as an authenticated user without the access privilege via unspecified vectors.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Missing authentication for critical function
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
D-Link Japan K.K. DAP-1880AC Affected: firmware version 1.21 and earlier
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