CVE-2021-45427
Published: 30 December 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-45427 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Emerson Xweb300D Evo Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 13.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-32198
Vulnerability details
Emerson XWEB 300D EVO 3.0.7--3ee403 is affected by: unauthenticated arbitrary file deletion due to path traversal. An attacker can browse and delete files without any authentication due to incorrect access control and directory traversal.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.