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CVE-2021-20862 — Elecom Wrc-1167Gst2 Firmware security vulnerability
Improper access control vulnerability in ELECOM routers (WRC-1167GST2 firmware v1.25 and prior, WRC-1167GST2A firmware v1.25 and prior, WRC-1167GST2H firmware v1.25 and prior, WRC-2533GS2-B firmware v1.52 and prior, WRC-2533GS2-W firmware v1.52 and prior, WRC-1750GS firmware v1.03 and prior, WRC-1750GSV firmware v2.11 and prior, WRC-1900GST firmware v1.03 and prior, WRC-2533GST firmware v1.03 and prior, WRC-2533GSTA firmware v1.03 and prior, WRC-2533GST2 firmware v1.25 and prior, WRC-2533GST2SP firmware v1.25 and prior, WRC-2533GST2-G firmware v1.25 and prior, and EDWRC-2533GST2 firmware v1.25 and prior) allows a network-adjacent unauthenticated attacker to bypass access restriction, and to obtain anti-CSRF tokens and change the product's settings via unspecified vectors.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.3 (3.1)
- Published
- 2021-12-01
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
Affected products
- elecom / wrc-1167gst2_firmware
- elecom / wrc-1167gst2a_firmware
- elecom / wrc-1167gst2h_firmware
- elecom / wrc-2533gs2-b_firmware
- elecom / wrc-2533gs2-w_firmware
- elecom / wrc-1750gs_firmware
Matched remediation archetype
General vulnerability remediation
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Check exposure
- Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
- Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
- Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.
Remediate safely
- Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
- Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
- Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.
Authoritative sources
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