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FKIE_CVE-2021-20171

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-12-30 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:33

Severity

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 stores sensitive information in plaintext. All usernames and passwords for the device's associated services are stored in plaintext on the device. For example, the admin password is stored in plaintext in the primary configuration file on the device.

References

	URL	Tags
	vulnreport@tenable.com	https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-55	Third Party Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-55	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	netgear	rax43_firmware	1.0.3.96
	netgear	rax43	-

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CVE-2021-20171 (GCVE-0-2021-20171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-30 21:31 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:30

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Plaintext Passwords

Assigner

tenable CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 71/100 over 52 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-55	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Netgear RAX43	Affected: 1.0.3.96

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