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GSD-2021-20090

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23

Details

A path traversal vulnerability in the web interfaces of Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2 firmware version <= 1.02 and WSR-2533DHP3 firmware version <= 1.24 could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass authentication.

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CVE-2021-20090

Aliases

CVE-2021-20090

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CVE-2021-20090 (GCVE-0-2021-20090)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-29 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25

Summary

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-06 20:25 UTC

CWE

Path Traversal
CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

tenable CNA under the mitre root

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

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-13
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914124	third-party-advisory
https://www.secpod.com/blog/arcadyan-based-router…
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2, Buffalo WSR-2533DHP3	Affected: WSR-2533DHPL2 <=1.02, WSR-2533DHP3 <= 1.24

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