CVE-2021-27254

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 39.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-03-05 20:00Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 20:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-02-16

Assigning CNA

zdi

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-259Use of Hard-coded PasswordVariant
• CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9cea3b46d82526f55956097c01070782cf368391ba277bfd96cfd0ef7df702e7

• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-252/x_refsource_MISC
• kb.netgear.comhttps://kb.netgear.com/000062883/Security-Advisory-for-Multiple-Vulnerabilities-on-Some-Routers-Satellites-and-Extendersx_refsource_MISC