What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-41451?

CVE-2021-41451 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 3.2%.

Archer Ax10 Firmware CVE-2021-41451

HIGH

HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444)

2021-12-17 cve@mitre.org

TP-Link Request Smuggling Information Disclosure Archer Ax10 Firmware

7.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.5 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Dec 17, 2021 - 15:15 nvd

HIGH 7.5

DescriptionNVD

A misconfiguration in HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 of the web interface in TP-Link AX10v1 before V1_211117 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to send a specially crafted HTTP request and receive a misconfigured HTTP/0.9 response, potentially leading into a cache poisoning attack.

AnalysisAI

A misconfiguration in HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 of the web interface in TP-Link AX10v1 before V1_211117 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to send a specially crafted HTTP request and receive a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444), which allows attackers to manipulate HTTP request interpretation between frontend and backend servers. A misconfiguration in HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 of the web interface in TP-Link AX10v1 before V1_211117 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to send a specially crafted HTTP request and receive a misconfigured HTTP/0.9 response, potentially leading into a cache poisoning attack. Affected products include: Tp-Link Archer Ax10 Firmware.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Enforce strict HTTP parsing, normalize requests at proxy layer, use HTTP/2 end-to-end, reject ambiguous headers.