CVE-2021-20123 (GCVE-0-2021-20123)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-13 15:47
Modified
2025-10-21 23:25
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Path Traversal
Summary
A local file inclusion vulnerability exists in Draytek VigorConnect 1.6.0-B3 in the file download functionality of the DownloadFileServlet endpoint. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to download arbitrary files from the underlying operating system with root privileges.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Draytek VigorConnect Version: 1.6.0-B3
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2024-09-03

Due date: 2024-09-24

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://www.draytek.com/about/security-advisory/vigorconnect-software-security-vulnerability-(cve-2021-20123-cve-2021-20129); https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20123

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