CVE-2021-40857 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices running firmware versions prior to 8.2B. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by including "passwd=1" in a request, gaining elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion, with only one mention identified.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:auerswald:compact_5500r_ip_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 8.0bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:auerswald:compact_5200r_ip_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 8.0bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:auerswald:compact_5000r_ip_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 8.0bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:auerswald:compact_4000_ip_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 8.0bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:auerswald:commander_6000r_ip_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.