What is CVE-2021-38485?

CVE-2021-38485 is a high-severity vulnerability in Emerson Wireless 1410d Gateway, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2021-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-38485?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Emerson Wireless 1410d Gateway

CVE-2021-38485

The affected product is vulnerable to improper input validation in the restore file. This enables an attacker to provide malicious config files to replace any file on disk.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2021-10-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-278-02 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38485?: CVE-2021-38485 is a high-severity vulnerability in Emerson Wireless 1410d Gateway, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2021-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-38485?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.