CVE-2021-22126

MEDIUM

FortiWLC 8.2.6-8.2.7, 8.3.2-8.3.3, <=8.4.8, <=8.5.2 - Authenticated Hard-Coded Password Use

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 13.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-284 CWE-798
Status published
Products (5)
fortinet/fortiwlc 8.2.6
fortinet/fortiwlc 8.2.7
fortinet/fortiwlc 8.3.2
fortinet/fortiwlc 8.3.3
fortinet/fortiwlc 8.4.0 - 8.5.3
Published Mar 17, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026