What is CVE-2021-38169?

CVE-2021-38169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Roxy-Wi, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2021-38169?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Roxy-Wi

CVE-2021-38169

Roxy-WI through 5.2.2.0 allows command injection via /app/funct.py and /api/api_funct.py.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2021-08-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Roxy-Wi

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

github.com/hap-wi/roxy-wi/issues/285 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38169?: CVE-2021-38169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Roxy-Wi, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2021-38169?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.