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CVE-2021-21818

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21818 describes a hard-coded password vulnerability within the Zebra IP Routing Manager functionality of D-Link DIR-3040 1.13B03 routers. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to send a sequence of specially crafted network requests, leading to a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability for affected devices. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered some community attention and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.13b03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-3040_firmware:1.13b03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0195 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1283
ExploitThird Party Advisory