cvelistv5 - cve-2021-22126

CVE-2021-22126 (GCVE-0-2021-22126)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-03-17 13:05

Modified

2026-02-26 19:09

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper access control

Summary

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.

References

URL

Tags

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-147

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Fortinet	FortiWLC	Version: 8.5.0 ≤ 8.5.2 Version: 8.4.4 ≤ 8.4.8 Version: 8.4.0 ≤ 8.4.2 Version: 8.3.2 ≤ 8.3.3 Version: 8.2.6 ≤ 8.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.4.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.2.6:::::::*

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CERTFR-2021-AVI-343

Vulnerability from certfr_avis

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans les produits Fortinet. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un contournement de la politique de sécurité, une élévation de privilèges et une injection de code indirecte à distance (XSS).

Solution

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

None

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Description
Fortinet	FortiProxy	FortiProxy versions 2.x antérieures à 2.0.1
Fortinet	N/A	Meru AP versions antérieures à 8.5.3
Fortinet	FortiNAC	FortiNAC versions antérieures à 8.8.2
Fortinet	N/A	FortiAI versions antérieures à 1.5.0
Fortinet	FortiProxy	FortiProxy versions antérieures à 1.2.10

References

Title

Publication Time

Tags

Bulletin de sécurité Fortinet FG-IR-21-033 du 03 mai 2021	None	vendor-advisory
Bulletin de sécurité Fortinet FG-IR-20-226 du 03 mai 2021	None	vendor-advisory
Bulletin de sécurité Fortinet FG-IR-20-038 du 03 mai 2021	None	vendor-advisory
Bulletin de sécurité Fortinet FG-IR-20-147 du 03 mai 2021	None	vendor-advisory

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          "scada": false
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      "product": {
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        "vendor": {
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      "description": "FortiNAC versions ant\u00e9rieures \u00e0 8.8.2",
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    {
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      "name": "CVE-2019-15706",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15706"
    },
    {
      "name": "CVE-2021-24023",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24023"
    },
    {
      "name": "CVE-2021-24011",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24011"
    },
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  "last_revision_date": "2023-12-20T00:00:00",
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      "revision_date": "2021-05-05T00:00:00.000000"
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    {
      "description": "Correction coquille.",
      "revision_date": "2023-12-20T00:00:00.000000"
    }
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    },
    {
      "published_at": null,
      "title": "Bulletin de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 Fortinet FG-IR-20-226 du 03 mai 2021",
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    },
    {
      "published_at": null,
      "title": "Bulletin de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 Fortinet FG-IR-20-038 du 03 mai 2021",
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    },
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      "published_at": null,
      "title": "Bulletin de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 Fortinet FG-IR-20-147 du 03 mai 2021",
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    }
  ]
}

Sightings

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CVE-2021-22126 (GCVE-0-2021-22126)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

CERTFR-2021-AVI-343

Vulnerability from certfr_avis

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