CVE-2021-33528

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-710

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 25, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-33528: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix