CVE-2020-21996

HIGH

AVE DOMINAplus <=1.10.x - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Reboot Command Execution

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-21996. PoCs published by LiquidWorm.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an unauthenticated remote reboot vulnerability in AVE DOMINAplus systems by sending a simple HTTP request to the restart.php endpoint. The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service by rebooting the device without authentication.

Description

AVE DOMINAplus <=1.10.x suffers from an unauthenticated reboot command execution. Attackers can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service scenario.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by LiquidWorm · textwebappshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47820

This exploit demonstrates an unauthenticated remote reboot vulnerability in AVE DOMINAplus systems by sending a simple HTTP request to the restart.php endpoint. The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service by rebooting the device without authentication.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: AVE DOMINAplus <=1.10.x (Web Server Code 53AB-WBS - 1.10.62 and others)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target device
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5548.php
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47820
Technical Description x_refsource_misc
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0356
EPSS Percentile 87.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-306
Status published
Products (7)
ave/53ab-wbs_firmware 1.10.62
ave/dominaplus 1.8.4 - 1.10.77
ave/ts01_firmware 1.0.65
ave/ts03x-v_firmware 1.10.45a
ave/ts04x-v_firmware 1.10.45a
ave/ts05_firmware 1.10.36
ave/ts05n-v_firmware
Published Apr 28, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026