CVE-2021-1479 is a critical vulnerability affecting Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager. It allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or an authenticated, local attacker to gain escalated privileges. 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 there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 12 mentions and two media articles, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 20.4, < 20.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 19.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vmanage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 19.3, < 20.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vmanage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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.