What is CVE-2021-25508?

CVE-2021-25508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Smartthings, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-11-05.

How severe is CVE-2021-25508?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Samsung Smartthings

CVE-2021-25508

Improper privilege management vulnerability in API Key used in SmartThings prior to 1.7.73.22 allows an attacker to abuse the API key without limitation.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.008 (52.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Samsung Smartthings
Samsung Mobile Smartthings

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

mobile.security@samsung.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25508?: CVE-2021-25508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Smartthings, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2021-25508?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.