CVE-2021-23241 describes a Directory Traversal vulnerability in MERCUSYS Mercury X18G 1.0.5 devices, allowing attackers to access sensitive files like /etc/passwd by manipulating URIs with "../" and authentication bypass techniques. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating low impact on confidentiality and no impact on integrity or availability, with no authentication required and low attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or ExploitDB entries, a Nuclei template exists for local file inclusion, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mercusys:mercury_x18g_firmware:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.