Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-27250

Medium

Published: 14 April 2021

Published
14 April 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.7272 98.8th percentile
Risk Priority 57 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-27250 is a medium-severity External Control of File Name or Path (CWE-73) vulnerability in Dlink Dap-2020 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 1.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of D-Link DAP-2020 v1.01rc001 Wi-Fi access points. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of CGI scripts. When parsing the…

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errorpage request parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose stored credentials, leading to further compromise. Was ZDI-CAN-11856.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

dlink
dap-2020 firmware
1.01

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-73

Rejects externally supplied file or resource identifiers that fail validity checks.

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