CVE-2021-27289

critical

Description

A replay attack vulnerability was discovered in a Zigbee smart home kit manufactured by Ksix (Zigbee Gateway Module = v1.0.3, Door Sensor = v1.0.7, Motion Sensor = v1.0.12), where the Zigbee anti-replay mechanism - based on the frame counter field - is improperly implemented. As a result, an attacker within wireless range can resend captured packets with a higher sequence number, which the devices incorrectly accept as legitimate messages. This allows spoofed commands to be injected without authentication, triggering false alerts and misleading the user through notifications in the mobile application used to monitor the network.

References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc9IEt5IMmA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFOy3wSlC9Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IFUpRKEioA

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49169

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160331/Ksix-Zigbee-Devices-Playback-Protection-Bypass.html

https://github.com/TheMalwareGuardian/CVE-2021-27289

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-04-15

Updated: 2025-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00046