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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2021-33528

WEIDMUELLER: WLAN devices affected by privilege escalation vulnerability

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
CERTVDE

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Weidmüller IE-WL(T)-BL-AP-CL-XX

  • IE-WL-BL-AP-CL-EU (2536600000) to ≤ V1.16.18 (Build 18081617)affected
  • IE-WLT-BL-AP-CL-EU (2536650000) to ≤ V1.16.18 (Build 18081617)affected
  • IE-WL-BL-AP-CL-US (2536660000) to ≤ V1.16.18 (Build 18081617)affected
  • IE-WLT-BL-AP-CL-US (2536670000) to ≤ V1.16.18 (Build 18081617)affected

Weidmüller IE-WL(T)-VL-AP-CL-XX

  • IE-WL-VL-AP-BR-CL-EU (2536680000) to ≤ V1.11.10 (Build 18122616)affected
  • IE-WLT-VL-AP-BR-CL-EU (2536690000) to ≤ V1.11.10 (Build 18122616)affected
  • IE-WL-VL-AP-BR-CL-US (2536700000) to ≤ V1.11.10 (Build 18122616)affected
  • IE-WLT-VL-AP-BR-CL-US (2536710000) to ≤ V1.11.10 (Build 18122616)affected

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