CVE-2021-22126

MEDIUM EPSS 5.2%
Published Mar 17, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.7 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Mar 17, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A use of hard-coded password vulnerability in FortiWLC version 8.5.2 and below, version 8.4.8 and below, version 8.3.3 to 8.3.2, version 8.2.7 to 8.2.6 may allow a local, authenticated attacker to connect to the managed Access Point (Meru AP and FortiAP-U) as root using the default hard-coded username and password.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.7
Exploitability
0.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
5.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-284
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials Authentication

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
fortinetfortiwlc*≥8.4.0  –  <8.5.3
fortinetfortiwlc8.2.6any
fortinetfortiwlc8.2.7any
fortinetfortiwlc8.3.2any
fortinetfortiwlc8.3.3any

References 1

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.