What is CVE-2021-27272?

CVE-2021-27272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Prosafe Network Management System, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2021-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-27272?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Netgear Prosafe Network Management System

CVE-2021-27272

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files on affected installations of NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System 1.6.0.26. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentic…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.690 (98.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Prosafe Network Management System — versions 1.6.0.26

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

kb.netgear.com/000062723/Security-Advisory-for-Denial-of-Service-on-NMS300-PSV-… (x_refsource_MISC)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-355/ (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-27272?: CVE-2021-27272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Prosafe Network Management System, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2021-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-27272?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.