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CVE-2021-22126

Published: Mar 17, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

Fortinet

FortiWLC

affected
8.5.0 - <= 8.5.2
affected
8.4.4 - <= 8.4.8
affected
8.4.0 - <= 8.4.2
affected
8.3.2 - <= 8.3.3
affected
8.2.6 - <= 8.2.7

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:X

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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