CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-20171
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-12-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-312
Description
Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 stores sensitive information in plaintext. All usernames and passwords for the device's associated services are stored in plaintext on the device. For example, the admin password is stored in plaintext in the primary configuration file on the device.
Affected configurations
• netgear rax43 firmware 1.0.3.96
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness
References
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-55 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-55 Third Party Advisory