CVE-2021-20090 (GCVE-0-2021-20090)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-29 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25
VLAI CISA Previdian
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability in the web interfaces of Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2 firmware version <= 1.02 and WSR-2533DHP3 firmware version <= 1.24 could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass authentication.
SSVC
Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-06 20:25 UTC
CWE
  • Path Traversal
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2, Buffalo WSR-2533DHP3 Affected: WSR-2533DHPL2 <=1.02, WSR-2533DHP3 <= 1.24
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2021-20090

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2021-11-03 01:00 CET

Exploited: Yes


Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-11-03
Asserted: 2021-11-03

Scope
Notes: Arcadyan Buffalo Firmware Path Traversal Vulnerability | Affected: Arcadyan / Buffalo Firmware | Description: Arcadyan Buffalo firmware contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to bypass authentication and access sensitive information. This vulnerability affects multiple routers across several different vendors. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2021-11-17 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20090

Evidence

Type: Vendor Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 80%

Source: cisa-kev


Details
Cwes CWE-22
Feed CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Product Buffalo Firmware
Due Date 2021-11-17
Date Added 2021-11-03
Vendorproject Arcadyan
Vulnerabilityname Arcadyan Buffalo Firmware Path Traversal Vulnerability
Knownransomwarecampaignuse Unknown

References

Created: 2026-10-02 08:10 CEST | Updated: 2026-10-02 08:10 CEST
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2021-20090

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2021-11-03 01:00 CET

Exploited: Yes


Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-11-03
Asserted: 2021-11-03

Scope
Notes: A path traversal vulnerability in the web interfaces of Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2 firmware version <= 1.02 and WSR-2533DHP3 firmware version <=... | Affected: Buffalo / Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2, Buffalo WSR-2533DHP3 | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | EPSS: 0.99983 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False

Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: previdian


Details
Feed Previdian (previdian.com)
Title A path traversal vulnerability in the web interfaces of Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2 firmware version <= 1.02 and WSR-2533DHP3 firmware version <=...
Cve Id CVE-2021-20090
Vendor Buffalo
Ghsa Id None
Product Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2, Buffalo WSR-2533DHP3
Added Date 2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 9.8
Epss Score 0.99983
Previous Ids
Cvss Severity CRITICAL
Virtual Patch False
Cvss Estimated False
Epss Percentile 0.99982
Used In Malware unknown
Vulnerability Id CVE-2021-20090
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev False

References

Created: 2026-10-02 09:10 CEST | Updated: 2026-10-02 09:10 CEST
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Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.


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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.


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