CVE-2021-41104 (GCVE-0-2021-41104)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-28 15:15 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:59
VLAI
Title
web_server allows OTA update without checking user defined basic auth username & password
Summary
ESPHome is a system to control the ESP8266/ESP32. Anyone with web_server enabled and HTTP basic auth configured on version 2021.9.1 or older is vulnerable to an issue in which `web_server` allows over-the-air (OTA) updates without checking user defined basic auth username & password. This issue is patched in version 2021.9.2. As a workaround, one may disable or remove `web_server`.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7994 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
esphome esphome Affected: < 2021.9.2
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