CVE-2021-3512Improper access control vulnerability in Buffalo broadband routers (BHR-4GRV firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, DWR-HP-G300NH firmware Ver.1.83…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.86%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 41% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Improper access control vulnerability in Buffalo broadband routers (BHR-4GRV firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, DWR-HP-G300NH firmware Ver.1.83 and prior, HW-450HP-ZWE firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WHR-300HP firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WHR-300 firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WHR-G301N firmware Ver.1.86 and prior, WHR-HP-G300N firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WHR-HP-GN firmware Ver.1.86 and prior, WPL-05G300 firmware Ver.1.87 and prior, WZR-450HP-CWT firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WZR-450HP-UB firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WZR-HP-AG300H firmware Ver.1.75 and prior, WZR-HP-G300NH firmware Ver.1.83 and prior, WZR-HP-G301NH firmware Ver.1.83 and prior, WZR-HP-G302H firmware Ver.1.85 and prior, WZR-HP-G450H firmware Ver.1.89 and prior, WZR-300HP firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WZR-450HP firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WZR-600DHP firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WZR-D1100H firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, FS-HP-G300N firmware Ver.3.32 and prior, FS-600DHP firmware Ver.3.38 and prior, FS-R600DHP firmware Ver.3.39 and prior, and FS-G300N firmware Ver.3.13 and prior) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to bypass access restriction and to start telnet service and execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By jpcert
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.86% · top 41% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
BUFFALO INC. · Buffalo broadband routers
- affected BHR-4GRV firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, DWR-HP-G300NH firmware Ver.1.83 and prior, HW-450HP-ZWE firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WHR-300HP firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WHR-300 firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WHR-G301N firmware Ver.1.86 and prior, WHR-HP-G300N firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WHR-HP-GN firmware Ver.1.86 and prior, WPL-05G300 firmware Ver.1.87 and prior, WZR-450HP-CWT firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WZR-450HP-UB firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WZR-HP-AG300H firmware Ver.1.75 and prior, WZR-HP-G300NH firmware Ver.1.83 and prior, WZR-HP-G301NH firmware Ver.1.83 and prior, WZR-HP-G302H firmware Ver.1.85 and prior, WZR-HP-G450H firmware Ver.1.89 and prior, WZR-300HP firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WZR-450HP firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WZR-600DHP firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, WZR-D1100H firmware Ver.1.99 and prior, FS-HP-G300N firmware Ver.3.32 and prior, FS-600DHP firmware Ver.3.38 and prior, FS-R600DHP firmware Ver.3.39 and prior, and FS-G300N firmware Ver.3.13 and prior
References
References2
- https://www.buffalo.jp/news/detail/20210427-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU99235714/index.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-26831 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2021-3512)Record last updated .