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CVE-2021-22126
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-03-17 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-284
Description
A use of hard-coded password vulnerability in FortiWLC version 8.5.2 and below, version 8.4.8 and below, version 8.3.3 to 8.3.2, version 8.2.7 to 8.2.6 may allow a local, authenticated attacker to connect to the managed Access Point (Meru AP and FortiAP-U) as root using the default hard-coded username and password.
Affected products
- Fortinet FortiWLC: from 8.4.0 before 8.5.3; 8.2.6, 8.2.7, 8.3.2, 8.3.3 — fixed in 8.5.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiWLC 8.5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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