01 Record
CVE-2021-42833
Use of hardcoded credentials impacting AquaView versions 1.60, 7.x, 8.x
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score9.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Use of hardcoded credentials impacting AquaView versions 1.60, 7.x, 8.x
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 11.2% 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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-02-07 19:01Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 03:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-10-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c03d56decf4cccfe119d60119cd029d5d3e248df070611d812cc42d014b979bf
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.xylem.comhttps://www.xylem.com/siteassets/about-xylem/cybersecurity/advisories/xpsa-aquaview-v5.0.pdf
- www.cisa.govICS-CERT Advisoryhttps://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-350-01
07 Remediation
Xylem recommends that AquaView customers implement new security settings.