CVE-2021-42540 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting several Emerson Wireless Gateway products, including the 1410, 1410D, and 1420 series. It stems from an unsanitized extract folder for system configuration, allowing a low-privileged user to overwrite critical settings and functionality. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely known or exploited in the wild.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.7.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:emerson:wireless_1410_gateway_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.7.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:emerson:wireless_1410d_gateway_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.7.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:emerson:wireless_1420_gateway_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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.