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TI-2021-16153 Aliases CVE-2021-38557GHSA-536p-4pcj-5mr9

raspap-webgui in RaspAP 2.6.6 allows attackers to execute commands as root because of the…

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02224 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—billz/raspap-webgui (Packagist)up to 2.6.6—No fix listedGHSA-536p-4pcj-5mr9
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • billz/raspap-webgui (Packagist) Vendor— Affected up to 2.6.6 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-536p-4pcj-5mr9

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:raspap:raspap:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.6VulnerableRaspAP
  • cpe:2.3:a:raspap:raspap:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.6 Vulnerable ·RaspAP

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-38557
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-536p-4pcj-5mr9

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2022-18933 A Command injection vulnerability in RaspAP 2.8.0 thru 2.8.7 allows unauthenticated… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-18934 A Command injection vulnerability in RaspAP 2.8.0 thru 2.9.2 allows an authenticated… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-02323 RaspAP raspap-webgui HTTP POST Request provider.php code injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2021-12821 A vulnerability exists in RaspAP 2.6 to 2.6.5 in the "iface" GET parameter in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-16152 includes/configure_client.php in RaspAP 2.6.6 allows attackers to execute commands via command injection. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-15053 An issue was discovered in includes/webconsole.php in RaspAP 2.5. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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