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CVE-2021-21745

57
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21745 describes a Referer authentication bypass vulnerability in the ZTE MF971R product and its firmware. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform unauthorized operations by tricking a user into clicking a malicious link, bypassing typical Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protections. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 4.3), the attack requires user interaction but has low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure or modification. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for detection, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
v1.0.0b05CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:zte:mf971r_firmware:v1.0.0b05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1v1.0.0b06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:zte:mf971r_firmware:1v1.0.0b06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2v1.0.0b03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:zte:mf971r_firmware:2v1.0.0b03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
s2v1.0.0b03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:zte:mf971r_firmware:s2v1.0.0b03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sv1.0.0b05CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:zte:mf971r_firmware:sv1.0.0b05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
55.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2021-21745 · May 21, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5571 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.zte.com.cn / support/news/LoopholeInfoDetail.aspx
Vendor Advisory