CVE-2021-21725
A ZTE product has an information leak vulnerability. An attacker with higher authority can go...
A ZTE product has an information leak vulnerability. An attacker with higher authority can go beyond their authority to access files in other directories by performing specific operations, resulting in information leak. This affects: ZXHN H196Q V9.1.0C2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A ZTE product has an information leak vulnerability. An attacker with higher authority can go beyond their authority to access files in other directories by performing specific operations, resulting in information leak. This affects: ZXHN H196Q V9.1.0C2.
- Record
CVE-2021-21725- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.7 Low
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A ZTE product has an information leak vulnerability. An attacker with higher authority can go beyond their authority to access files in other directories by performing specific operations, resulting in information leak. This affects: ZXHN H196Q V9.1.0C2.
- Record
CVE-2021-21725- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-8897 No score
A ZTE product has an information leak vulnerability. An attacker with higher authority can go beyond their authority to access files in other directories by performing specific operations, resulting in information leak. This affects: ZXHN H196Q V9.1.0C2.
- Record
EUVD-2021-8897- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ww8w-98rf-98pg No score
A ZTE product has an information leak vulnerability. An attacker with higher authority can go...
A ZTE product has an information leak vulnerability. An attacker with higher authority can go beyond their authority to access files in other directories by performing specific operations, resulting in information leak. This affects: ZXHN H196Q V9.1.0C2.
- Record
GHSA-ww8w-98rf-98pg- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-21725 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) in Zte Zxhn H196q Firmware, published March 5, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.