CVE-2007-2040

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-04-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cisco Aironet 1000 Series and 1500 Series Lightweight Access Points before 3.2.185.0, and 4.0.x before 4.0.206.0, have a hard-coded password, which allows attackers with physical access to perform arbitrary actions on the device, aka Bug ID CSCsg15192.

Affected products

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC): from 3.2 before 3.2.185.0; from 4.0 before 4.0.206.0 — fixed in 3.2.185.0, 4.0.206.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 3.2.185.0, 4.0.206.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017908
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20070412-wlc.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/34133
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23461
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1368
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33610
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017908
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20070412-wlc.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/34133
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23461
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1368
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33610

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