CVE-2021-40350

9.8 CRITICAL

webctrl.cgi.elf on Christie Digital DWU850-GS V06.46 devices allows attackers to perform any desired action via a crafted query containin...

Published: 2021-09-01 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-287

Affected products

Vendor	Product
christiedigital	dwu850-gs_firmware

Description

webctrl.cgi.elf on Christie Digital DWU850-GS V06.46 devices allows attackers to perform any desired action via a crafted query containing an unspecified Cookie header. Authentication bypass can be achieved by including an administrative cookie that the device does not validate.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40350
[Exploit reference]https://securityshards.wordpress.com/2021/08/31/cve-pending-christie-dwu850-gs-authentication-bypass/
[Exploit reference]https://securityshards.wordpress.com/2021/08/31/cve-pending-christie-dwu850-gs-authentication-bypass/

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