What is CVE-2021-44148?

CVE-2021-44148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gl-Inet Gl-Ar150, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-12-07.

How severe is CVE-2021-44148?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Gl-Inet Gl-Ar150

CVE-2021-44148

GL.iNet GL-AR150 2.x before 3.x devices, configured as repeaters, allow cgi-bin/router_cgi?action=scanwifi XSS when an attacker creates an SSID with an XSS payload as the name.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-12-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (49.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

beaugraham.com/CVE-2021-44148-xss.html (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44148?: CVE-2021-44148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gl-Inet Gl-Ar150, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-12-07.
How severe is CVE-2021-44148?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.