CVE-2021-1423 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Cisco Aironet Access Points, stemming from insufficient input validation in a CLI command. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit this to overwrite or create files in the device's flash memory using crafted arguments. The CVSS score is 4.4, indicating a low attack complexity and high impact on integrity, but requiring high privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.12.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.1, <= 17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 8.5.171.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.6, < 8.10.130.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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