CVE-2021-25158 Path traversal in Aruba Instant Access Points

Medium 5.9 Published 30 Mar 2021 Updated 3 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can read arbitrary files from Aruba Instant Access Points, exposing sensitive information.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-25158?

CVE-2021-25158 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Siemens Scalance W1750d Firmware, published on 30 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A remote arbitrary file read vulnerability was discovered in some Aruba Instant Access Point (IAP) products in version(s): Aruba Instant 6.5.x: 6.5.4.18 and below; Aruba Instant 8.3.x: 8.3.0.14 and below; Aruba Instant 8.5.x: 8.5.0.11 and below; Aruba Instant 8.6.x: 8.6.0.7 and below; Aruba Instant 8.7.x: 8.7.1.1 and below. Aruba has released patches for Aruba Instant that address this security vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25158?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Arubanetworks Instant, Siemens Scalance W1750d Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2021-25158?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25158 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2021-25158 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25158 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Siemens Scalance W1750d Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xx6v-23gw-w7gq.