CVE-2021-38480
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedInHand Networks IR615 Router's Versions 2.3.0.r4724 and 2.3.0.r4870 are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery when unauthorized commands are submitted from a user the web application trusts. This may allow an attacker to remotely perform actions on the router’s management portal, such as making configuration changes, changing administrator credentials, and running system commands on the router.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCSRF vulnerability in InHand Networks IR615 Router web management interface (versions 2.3.0.r4724 and 2.3.0.r4870) allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into submitting malicious requests, enabling unauthorized configuration changes, administrator credential modification, and arbitrary system command execution on the router.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2.3.0.r4724= 2.3.0.r4870CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the device modelAccess the router's web management interface or check the device label. Confirm the model is IR615 from InHand Networks.Affected if The device is not an InHand Networks IR615 router
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Check the firmware versionLog into the web management interface and navigate to the Status or System Information page to view the firmware version. Alternatively, check via CLI if available.Affected if The firmware version is exactly 2.3.0.r4724 or 2.3.0.r4870
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Verify the web management interface is accessibleAttempt to access the router's web interface on the typical HTTP/HTTPS ports (80/443) from a client machine on the network.Affected if The web management interface is accessible and responds to HTTP/HTTPS requests
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Determine network exposure of management interfaceCheck if the web management interface is reachable from untrusted networks or the internet. Review firewall rules and port forwarding configurations.Affected if The management interface is exposed to untrusted networks where attackers could trick authenticated administrators into visiting malicious pages
A user is affected if they are running firmware version 2.3.0.r4724 or 2.3.0.r4870 on an IR615 router with the web management interface accessible to potential attackers.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate router firmware to a patched version if available; implement anti-CSRF tokens in the web application; restrict network access to the management interface.
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- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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