cve-2021-22126
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-17 13:05
Modified
2025-03-18 03:55
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
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