CVE-2021-38462: InHand Networks IR615 Router
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 68.2% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
InHand Networks IR615 Router's Versions 2.3.0.r4724 and 2.3.0.r4870 does not enforce an efficient password policy. This may allow an attacker with obtained user credentials to enumerate passwords and impersonate other application users and perform operations on their behalf.
- Published
- Oct 19, 2021
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.1% · 68th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-521
Report tools
Action score
39
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.1%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 9.8
- CNA · icscert
- 9.8
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| inhandnetworks | ir615 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:inhandnetworks:ir615_firmware |
| inhandnetworks | ir615 | cpe:2.3:h:inhandnetworks:ir615 |
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (icscert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
InHand Networks IR615 Router
- 2.3.0.r4724 and 2.3.0.r4870affected
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- inhandnetworks ir615 firmware2.3.0.r4724
- inhandnetworks ir615 firmware2.3.0.r4870
Same product
inhandnetworks: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2021-38474InHand Networks IR615 Router39Monitor
- CVE-2021-38478InHand Networks IR615 Router36Monitor
- CVE-2021-38470InHand Networks IR615 Router36Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- Later →CVE-2021-38464Oct 19, 2021 · InHand Networks IR615 Router29Monitor
- Later →CVE-2021-38466Oct 19, 2021 · InHand Networks IR615 Router24Monitor
- Later →CVE-2021-38468Oct 19, 2021 · InHand Networks IR615 Router19Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Haviv Vaizman, Hay Mizrachi, Alik Koldobsky, Ofir Manzur, and Nikolay SokolikOTORIO reported these vulnerabilities to CISA
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-521 · Weak Password RequirementsCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Brute ForceCAPEC-112High
- Dictionary-based Password AttackCAPEC-16likelihood: Medium · High
- Password Brute ForcingCAPEC-49likelihood: Medium · High
- KerberoastingCAPEC-509High
- Rainbow Table Password CrackingCAPEC-55likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Remote Services with Stolen CredentialsCAPEC-555Very High
- Windows Admin Shares with Stolen CredentialsCAPEC-561
- Password SprayingCAPEC-565likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
- Remote ServicesT1021
- Remote Services:SMB/Windows Admin SharesT1021.002
- Valid Accounts:Default AccountsT1078.001
- Brute ForceT1110
- Brute Force:Password GuessingT1110.001
- Brute Force:Password CrackingT1110.002
- Brute Force:Password SprayingT1110.003
- Email Collection:Remote Email CollectionT1114.002
- External Remote ServicesT1133
- Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets:KerberoastingT1558.003
Change log (0)
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.