Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-42758 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiwlc

CVSS 9.0 - CRITICAL

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

SINGLE

Confidentiality impact

COMPLETE

Integrity impact

COMPLETE

Availability impact

COMPLETE

network

low complexity

fortinet

CWE-863

critical

NVD

Published: 2021-12-08

Updated: 2021-12-10

Summary

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiWLC 8.6.1 and below may allow an authenticated and remote attacker with low privileges to execute any command as an admin user with full access rights via bypassing the GUI restrictions.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Fortinet Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.0.5 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.0.6 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.1.2 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.1.3 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.2.4 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.2.6 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.2.7 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.3.0 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.3.1 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.3.2 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.3.3 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.4.0 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.4.1 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.4.2 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.4.4 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.4.5 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.4.6 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.4.7 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.4.8 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.5.0 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.5.1 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.5.2 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.6.0 Fortinet Fortiwlc 8.6.1	24

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

References

https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-200