CVE-2021-1140 describes multiple critical vulnerabilities in the web UI of Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, its high EPSS score and significant community discussion and media coverage indicate a notable level of concern. There is currently no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:smart_software_manager_satellite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.