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CVE-2007-2040

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-2040 describes a hard-coded password vulnerability in Cisco Aironet 1000 and 1500 Series Lightweight Access Points running specific software versions. This flaw allows an attacker with physical access to the device to gain complete control, leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While rated with a CVSS score of 6.2, indicating a moderate to high severity, its exploitability is limited by the requirement for physical access and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.2, < 3.2.185.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0, < 4.0.206.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/33610
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cisco.com / warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20070412-wlc.shtml
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 34133
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/23461
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1368
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