CVE-2021-22126 (GCVE-0-2021-22126)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-17 13:05
Modified
2025-03-18 03:55
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.
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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