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Acexy Wireless N Wifi Repeater Firmware CVE-2021-28160

MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2021-03-18 cve@mitre.org
6.1
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
6.1 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Mar 18, 2021 - 19:15 nvd
MEDIUM 6.1

DescriptionNVD

Wireless-N WiFi Repeater REV 1.0 (28.08.06.1) suffers from a reflected XSS vulnerability due to unsanitized SSID value when the latter is displayed in the /repeater.html page ("Repeater Wizard" homepage section).

AnalysisAI

Wireless-N WiFi Repeater REV 1.0 (28.08.06.1) suffers from a reflected XSS vulnerability due to unsanitized SSID value when the latter is displayed in the /repeater.html page ("Repeater Wizard". Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Wireless-N WiFi Repeater REV 1.0 (28.08.06.1) suffers from a reflected XSS vulnerability due to unsanitized SSID value when the latter is displayed in the /repeater.html page ("Repeater Wizard" homepage section). Affected products include: Acexy Wireless-N Wifi Repeater Project Acexy Wireless-N Wifi Repeater Firmware.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.

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