Is CVE-2021-33528 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-33528 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-33528?

CVE-2021-33528 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-33528?

CVE-2021-33528 has an EPSS score of 1.13% (62th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2021-33528?

No published fix for CVE-2021-33528 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-33528

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Weidmueller Industrial WLAN devices in multiple versions an exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the iw_console functionality. A specially crafted menu selection string can cause an escape from the restricted console, resulting in system access as the root user. An attacker can send commands while authenticated as a low privilege user to trigger this vulnerability.

CWE-710

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days

62ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 62% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

cert.vde.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.