CVE-2021-45522
NETGEAR XR1000 devices before 1.0.0.58 are affected by a hardcoded password.
NETGEAR XR1000 devices before 1.0.0.58 are affected by a hardcoded password.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
NETGEAR XR1000 devices before 1.0.0.58 are affected by a hardcoded password.
- Record
CVE-2021-45522- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-32288
NETGEAR XR1000 devices before 1.0.0.58 are affected by a hardcoded password.
- Record
EUVD-2021-32288- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-prqr-5wj2-gc33 No score
NETGEAR XR1000 devices before 1.0.0.58 are affected by a hardcoded password.
NETGEAR XR1000 devices before 1.0.0.58 are affected by a hardcoded password.
- Record
GHSA-prqr-5wj2-gc33- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
NETGEAR XR1000 devices before 1.0.0.58 are affected by a hardcoded password.
- Record
CVE-2021-45522- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-798
- 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-2021-45522 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Netgear Xr1000 Firmware, published December 26, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.88%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.