CVE-2021-45521 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a hardcoded password. This affects RBK352 before 4.4.0.10, RBR350 before 4.4.0.10, and RBS350 before 4.4.0.10.

Published: 2021-12-26

Score: 7.4 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rbk352_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:rbk352:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rbr350_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:rbr350:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rbs350_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:rbs350:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-32287	Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a hardcoded password. This affects RBK352 before 4.4.0.10, RBR350 before 4.4.0.10, and RBS350 before 4.4.0.10.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00363.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kb.netgear.com/000064161/Security-Advisory-for-Hardcoded-Password-on-Some-WiFi-Systems-PSV-2021-0045

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Netgear Rbk352 Rbk352 Firmware Rbr350 Rbr350 Firmware Rbs350 Rbs350 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-12-26T00:59:39.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:39:21.502Z

Reserved: 2021-12-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-45521

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-26T01:15:13.910

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:13:33.853

Link: CVE-2021-45521

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-798
Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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