What is CVE-2021-38527?

CVE-2021-38527 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Cbr40, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-38527?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-38527 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Netgear Cbr40

CVE-2021-38527

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects CBR40 before 2.5.0.14, EX6100v2 before 1.0.1.98, EX6150v2 before 1.0.1.98, EX6250 before 1.0.0.132, EX6400 before 1.0.2.158, EX6400v2 be…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.017 (74.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38527?: CVE-2021-38527 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Cbr40, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-38527?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-38527 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.