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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-42758

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.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.95%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.95%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.95% probability · 79th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-863
Affected
fortinet/fortiwlc
Source
psirt@fortinet.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.