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Plain-English summary
Affected Weidmüller industrial WLAN devices can be taken over by an authenticated low-privilege user through vulnerable encrypted diagnostic script handling. Successful abuse could let an attacker run BusyBox commands on the device, risking confidentiality, integrity, and availability of industrial wireless infrastructure.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for industrial environments using the affected WLAN products. The issue can compromise network equipment after low-privilege authentication, but public evidence in the supplied sources does not confirm active exploitation.
Technical view
CVE-2021-33530 is a CWE-78 OS command injection issue in encrypted diagnostic script functionality. The CVSS 3.1 score is 8.8, with network access, low privileges, no user interaction, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to listed Weidmüller IE-WL(T)-BL-AP-CL-XX and IE-WL(T)-VL-AP-CL-XX industrial WLAN devices. Risk depends on whether management or diagnostic functions are reachable by authenticated users, especially from less-trusted networks.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation. The vulnerability is still serious because the described attack path needs only low privileges and can result in remote control of the device.
Researcher notes
Evidence is strongest for vulnerability class, affected products, and CVSS impact. The provided bundle does not include detailed patch versions, exploit-in-the-wild evidence, or compensating controls beyond consulting vendor guidance and reducing management exposure.
Mitigation direction
- Check Weidmüller/VDE advisory VDE-2021-026 for firmware updates or vendor-approved remediation.
- Restrict administrative and diagnostic access to trusted management networks only.
- Remove unnecessary low-privilege user accounts and review device management access.
- Monitor configuration, diagnostic, and authentication events on affected WLAN devices.
- Prioritize segmentation where these WLAN devices connect operational technology networks.
Validation and detection
- Inventory WLAN devices for the exact affected model and order numbers.
- Confirm current firmware and compare it against Weidmüller/VDE advisory guidance.
- Review which users can access diagnostic script functionality.
- Verify management interfaces are not reachable from untrusted networks.
- Check logs for unexpected diagnostic activity or configuration changes.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2021-026CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
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