CVE-2021-27275 — Path Traversal in Netgear Prosafe Network Management System

CWE-22 — Path Traversal3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
59.1%
top 1.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Netgear Prosafe Network Management System
Timeline
PublishedMar 29
Latest updateMay 24

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information and delete arbitrary files on affected installations of NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System 1.6.0.26. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the ConfigFileController class. When parsing the realName parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operat…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.5

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4gvg-m5r5-42mj: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information and delete arbitrary files on affected installations of NETGEAR ProSAFE N↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-27275: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information and delete arbitrary files on affected installations of NETGEAR ProSAFE N↗2021-03-29
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