What is CVE-2021-42913?

CVE-2021-42913 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Scx-6555, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2021-42913?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-42913 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Samsung Scx-6555

CVE-2021-42913

The SyncThru Web Service on Samsung SCX-6x55X printers allows an attacker to gain access to a list of SMB users and cleartext passwords by reading the HTML source code. Authentication is not required.

EPSS: 0.018 (76.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42913?: CVE-2021-42913 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Scx-6555, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2021-42913?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-42913 known to be exploited?: 10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.