Is CVE-2021-45542 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-45542 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-45542?

CVE-2021-45542 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-45542?

CVE-2021-45542 has an EPSS score of 0.63% (46th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-45542?

Upgrade rax200 firmware to 1.0.4.120 or later. Fixes are available for 6 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-45542

HIGH

8.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects RAX200 before 1.0.4.120, RAX75 before 1.0.4.120, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, RBK852 before 3.2.17.12, RBR850 before 3.2.17.12, and RBS850 before 3.2.17.12.

CWE-77Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

rax200 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 1.0.4.120Fixed in:1.0.4.120CVE-2021-45542derived from NVD

rax75 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 1.0.4.120Fixed in:1.0.4.120CVE-2021-45542derived from NVD

rax80 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 1.0.4.120Fixed in:1.0.4.120CVE-2021-45542derived from NVD

rbk852 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 3.2.17.12Fixed in:3.2.17.12CVE-2021-45542derived from NVD

rbr850 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 3.2.17.12Fixed in:3.2.17.12CVE-2021-45542derived from NVD

rbs850 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 3.2.17.12Fixed in:3.2.17.12CVE-2021-45542derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.63%probability of exploitation in 30 days

46thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 46% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

kb.netgear.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.