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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2021-33555 json

A vulnerability may allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server of the WirelessHART-Gateway

published 2021-08-31 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-20247

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In PEPPERL+FUCHS WirelessHART-Gateway <= 3.0.7 the filename parameter is vulnerable to unauthenticated path traversal attacks, enabling read access to arbitrary files on the server.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-22-097-01 updated cvss 7.5

Pepperl+Fuchs WirelessHART-Gateway

  • Pepperl+Fuchs WHA-GW-F2D2-0-AS- Z2-ETH 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9 Pepperl+Fuchs WHA-GW-F2D2-0-AS- Z2-ETH.EIP 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9
    affected: mitigation “Minimize network exposure for affected products and ensure they are not accessible via the Internet.” cert.vde.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Phoenix Contact WHA-GW-F2D2-0-AS- Z2-ETH
  • Phoenix Contact WHA-GW-F2D2-0-AS- Z2-ETH.EIP

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.