High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-33205
CVE-2021-33205
Description
Western Digital EdgeRover before 0.25 has an escalation of privileges vulnerability where a low privileged user could load malicious content into directories with higher privileges, because of how Node.js is used. An attacker can gain admin privileges and carry out malicious activities such as creating a fake library and stealing user credentials.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:edgerover:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:edgerover:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*range: <0.25
- (no CPE)range: <0.25
- Western Digital/EdgeRoverdescription
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