CVE-2021-38557

high

Description

raspap-webgui in RaspAP 2.6.6 allows attackers to execute commands as root because of the insecure sudoers permissions. The www-data account can execute /etc/raspap/hostapd/enablelog.sh as root with no password; however, the www-data account can also overwrite /etc/raspap/hostapd/enablelog.sh with any executable content.

References

https://zerosecuritypenetrationtesting.com/?page_id=306

https://github.com/RaspAP/raspap-webgui/blob/fabc48c7daae4013b9888f266332e510b196a062/installers/raspap.sudoers

https://github.com/RaspAP/raspap-webgui

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-08-24

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00728