Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Mar 17, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-22126
CVE-2021-22126
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.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=8.4.0,<8.5.3
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 8.5.0
- (no CPE)range: <=8.5.2, <=8.4.8, 8.3.3 to 8.3.2, 8.2.7 to 8.2.6
Patches
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References
1- fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-147nvdVendor Advisory
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