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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-27173

This will remove firewall rules and allow an attacker to reach the telnet server (used for the CLI).

HIGH 7.5EPSS 12.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An issue was discovered on FiberHome HG6245D devices through RP2613. There is a telnet?enable=0&key=calculated(BR0_MAC) backdoor API, without authentication, provided by the HTTP server. This will remove firewall rules and allow an attacker to reach the telnet server (used for the CLI).

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
12.67% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
fiberhome/hg6245d firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%26 October 2026: 12.67%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 12.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.