fortinet fortiwlc CVE-2021-42758 is a vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiwlc
Published on December 8, 2021

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.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-42758 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

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Affected Versions

Fortinet FortiWLC Version FortiWLC 8.6.1 and below is affected by CVE-2021-42758

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.25%
Percentile
48.28%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.