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CVE-2021-25161

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-25161 is a remote Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Aruba Instant Access Point (IAP) products. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code exists, including a Nuclei template for detection and an ExploitDB entry for Remote Code Execution, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal. Patches have been released by Aruba to address this flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.4.0.0, <= 6.4.4.8-4.2.4.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.5.0.0, < 6.5.4.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.3.0.0, < 8.3.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.5.0.0, < 8.5.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.6.0.0, < 8.6.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2021-25161 · May 21, 2025
ExploitDB: EDB-50136 · Jul 15, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1637 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/163522/Aruba-Instant-IAP-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-723417.pdf
PatchThird Party Advisory
arubanetworks.com / assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2021-007.txt
Vendor Advisory