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CVE-2021-29379

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-29379 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting D-Link DIR-802 A1 devices running firmware up to 1.00b05, stemming from Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) being enabled by default. An attacker on the local network can exploit this by injecting a malicious payload into the Search Target (ST) field of an SSDP M-SEARCH discover packet. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a severe risk of complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While the vulnerability is significant, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.00b05CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-802_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0350 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 1,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cool-y.github.io / 2021/03/02/DIR-802-OS-Command-Injection
ExploitThird Party Advisory
supportannouncement.us.dlink.com / announcement/publication.aspx
Vendor Advisory
dlink.com / en/security-bulletin
Vendor Advisory