CVE-2021-3297
HIGH EXPLOITED NUCLEIZyxel NBG2105 V1.00(AAGU.2)C0 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2021-3297 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). A Nuclei detection template is also available.
Description
On Zyxel NBG2105 V1.00(AAGU.2)C0 devices, setting the login cookie to 1 provides administrator access.
Nuclei Templates (1)
Zyxel NBG2105 V1.00(AAGU.2)C0 - Authentication Bypass
HIGHby gy741
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Various Sources
https://codeberg.org/nieldk/vulnerabilities/src/branch/main/zyxel%20nbg2105/Admin%20bypass
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nieldk/vulnerabilities/blob/main/zyxel%20nbg2105/Admin%20bypass
Product, Vendor Advisory
https://www.zyxel.com/support/SupportLandingSR.shtml?c=gb&l=en&kbid=M-01490&md=NBG2105
Vendor Advisory
https://www.zyxel.com/us/en/support/security_advisories.shtml
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.2051
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2025-08-19
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (1)
zyxel/nbg2105_firmware
v1.00\(aagu.2\)c0
Published
Jan 26, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026