What is CVE-2021-38538?

CVE-2021-38538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear D7800, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2021-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-38538?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

XSS in Netgear D7800

CVE-2021-38538

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by stored XSS. This affects D7800 before 1.0.1.56, R7800 before 1.0.2.68, R8900 before 1.0.4.26, R9000 before 1.0.4.26, RAX120 before 1.0.0.78, RBK20 before 2.3.5.26, RBR20 before 2.3.5.26, RBS20 before…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Netgear D7800
Netgear D7800_firmware
Netgear R7800
Netgear R7800_firmware
Netgear R8900
Netgear R8900_firmware
Netgear R9000
Netgear R9000_firmware
Netgear Rax120
Netgear Rax120_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38538?: CVE-2021-38538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear D7800, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2021-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-38538?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.