Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-21735

MediumUpdated

Published: 10 June 2021

Published
10 June 2021
Modified
26 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0017 38.2th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-21735 is a medium-severity Improper Preservation of Permissions (CWE-281) vulnerability in Zte Zxhn H168N Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 38.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A ZTE product has an information leak vulnerability. Due to improper permission settings, an attacker with ordinary user permissions could exploit this vulnerability to obtain some sensitive user information through the wizard page without authentication. This affects ZXHN H168N all…

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versions up to V3.5.0_EG1T4_TE.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

zte
zxhn h168n firmware
≤ 3.5.0_eg1t4_te

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-281

Forces removal or modification of permissions no longer required after reassignment, preventing improper preservation of old access rights.

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