Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-20680

Medium

Published: 26 April 2021

Published
26 April 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0035 57.6th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-20680 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Nec Aterm Wg1900Hp2 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in NEC Aterm devices (Aterm WG1900HP2 firmware Ver.1.3.1 and earlier, Aterm WG1900HP firmware Ver.2.5.1 and earlier, Aterm WG1800HP4 firmware Ver.1.3.1 and earlier, Aterm WG1800HP3 firmware Ver.1.5.1 and earlier, Aterm WG1200HS2 firmware Ver.2.5.0 and earlier, Aterm WG1200HP3 firmware…

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Ver.1.3.1 and earlier, Aterm WG1200HP2 firmware Ver.2.5.0 and earlier, Aterm W1200EX firmware Ver.1.3.1 and earlier, Aterm W1200EX-MS firmware Ver.1.3.1 and earlier, Aterm WG1200HS firmware all versions Aterm WG1200HP firmware all versions Aterm WF800HP firmware all versions Aterm WF300HP2 firmware all versions Aterm WR8165N firmware all versions Aterm W500P firmware all versions, and Aterm W300P firmware all versions) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

nec
aterm wg1900hp2 firmware
≤ 1.3.1
nec
aterm wg1900hp firmware
≤ 2.5.1
nec
aterm wg1800hp4 firmware
≤ 1.3.1
nec
aterm wg1800hp3 firmware
≤ 1.5.1
nec
aterm wg1200hs3 firmware
≤ 1.1.2
nec
aterm wg1200hs2 firmware
≤ 2.5.0
nec
aterm wg1200hp3 firmware
≤ 1.3.1
nec
aterm wg1200hp2 firmware
≤ 2.5.0
nec
aterm w1200ex firmware
≤ 1.3.1
nec
aterm w1200ex-ms firmware
≤ 1.3.1
+7 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References