CVE-2021-42758

moderate-risk

Published 2021-12-08

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiWLC 8.6.1 and below may allow an authenticated and remote attacker with low privileges to execute any command as an admin user with full access rights via bypassing the GUI restrictions.

Do I need to act?

0.25% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (15)

Fortiwlc

Affected Vendors

Fortinet

References (2)

Patch https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-200

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moderate-risk

Severity 30/34 · Critical

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 18/34 · Moderate