CVE-2021-45877
Published: 21 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-45877 is a critical-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Garo Wallbox Gtb Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 41.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-32593
Vulnerability details
Multiple versions of GARO Wallbox GLB/GTB/GTC are affected by hard coded credentials. A hardcoded credential exist in /etc/tomcat8/tomcat-user.xml, which allows attackers to gain authorized access and control the tomcat completely on port 8000 in the tomcat manger page.
- 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.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.