VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-33528

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-06-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • info@cert.vde.com: CWE-710

Primary references