What is CVE-2021-30028?

CVE-2021-30028 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sooteway Wi-Fi Range Extender Project, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2021-30028?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Sooteway Wi-Fi Range Extender Project

CVE-2021-30028

SOOTEWAY Wi-Fi Range Extender v1.5 was discovered to use default credentials (the admin password for the admin account) to access the TELNET service, allowing attackers to erase/read/write the firmware remotely.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.014 (69.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sooteway_wi-fi_range_extender_project Sooteway_wi-fi_range_extender — versions 1.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-30028?: CVE-2021-30028 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sooteway Wi-Fi Range Extender Project, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2021-30028?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.