CVE-2021-41314 is a critical vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR smart switches, allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain full web UI admin privileges. This is achieved through a newline injection in the web UI's password field, enabling the creation or overwriting of files to craft admin sessions. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is network-adjacent, requires low attack complexity, and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for a complete compromise of affected devices remains significant.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gc108p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gc108pp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 7.0.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs108t_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 7.0.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs110tpp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 7.0.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs110tp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.