# CVE-2007-2040: Hardcoded credentials in n/a

> Hard-coded credentials in Cisco Aironet access points allow attackers with physical access to perform arbitrary actions on the device.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Apr 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4g65-3hrc-pmpq

## What is CVE-2007-2040?

CVE-2007-2040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, published on 16 Apr 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cisco Aironet 1000 Series and 1500 Series Lightweight Access Points before 3.2.185.0, and 4.0.x before 4.0.206.0, have a hard-coded password, which allows attackers with physical access to perform arbitrary actions on the device, aka Bug ID CSCsg15192.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2040?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-2040?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2040 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-2040 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software

- [CVE-2007-2036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2036/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2016-1363](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1363/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-6314](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6314/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2010-2842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2842/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2010-2843](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2843/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-2040 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-2040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, published on 16 Apr 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2040/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2040/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2040
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2040
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-2040

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2040/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.