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CVE-2021-1295

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-1295 is a critical vulnerability affecting Cisco Small Business RV160, RV160W, RV260, RV260P, and RV260W VPN Routers. It allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user due to improper validation of HTTP requests in the web-based management interface. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a significant risk, enabling full compromise of affected devices. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.01.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:rv160w_wireless-ac_vpn_router_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.01.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:rv260_vpn_router_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.01.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:rv260p_vpn_router_with_poe_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.01.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:rv260w_wireless-ac_vpn_router_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.01.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:rv160_vpn_router_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0424 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-rv160-260-rce-XZeFkNHf
Vendor Advisory