What is CVE-2021-27175?

CVE-2021-27175 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fiberhome Hg6245d, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-02-10.

How severe is CVE-2021-27175?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fiberhome Hg6245d

CVE-2021-27175

An issue was discovered on FiberHome HG6245D devices through RP2613. wifictl_2g.cfg has cleartext passwords and 0644 permissions.

Published 2021-02-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.182 (97.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.182 · newest: 0.182 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

pierrekim.github.io/blog/2021-01-12-fiberhome-ont-0day-vulnerabilities.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-27175?: CVE-2021-27175 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fiberhome Hg6245d, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-02-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-27175?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.