CVE-2021-38533
NETGEAR RAX40 devices before 1.0.3.64 are affected by stored XSS.
NETGEAR RAX40 devices before 1.0.3.64 are affected by stored XSS.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.4
NETGEAR RAX40 devices before 1.0.3.64 are affected by stored XSS.
- Record
CVE-2021-38533- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-24983
5.4
NETGEAR RAX40 devices before 1.0.3.64 are affected by stored XSS.
- Record
EUVD-2021-24983- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-49pf-p4w2-92m4 No score
NETGEAR RAX40 devices before 1.0.3.64 are affected by stored XSS.
NETGEAR RAX40 devices before 1.0.3.64 are affected by stored XSS.
- Record
GHSA-49pf-p4w2-92m4- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.4
NETGEAR RAX40 devices before 1.0.3.64 are affected by stored XSS.
- Record
CVE-2021-38533- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- 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-2021-38533 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Netgear Rax40 Firmware, published August 10, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.