CVE-2021-1401 Cisco Small Business 100, 300, and 500 Series Wireless Access Points Vulnerabilities

High 8.8 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can inject commands or read sensitive data on Cisco Small Business Wireless Access Points via the web interface.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-1401?

CVE-2021-1401 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software, published on 6 May 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of certain Cisco Small Business 100, 300, and 500 Series Wireless Access Points could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to obtain sensitive information from or inject arbitrary commands on an affected device. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1401?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Cisco Wap125 Firmware, Cisco Wap131 Firmware, Cisco Wap150 Firmware, Cisco Wap351 Firmware, Cisco Wap361 Firmware, Cisco Wap581 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2021-1401?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1401 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2021-1401 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pw2v-g469-9h4v.

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