Vulnerability · Published Aug 4, 2021 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2021-1522Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Strong Authentication Requirements Enforcement Bypass

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 44.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the change password API of Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to alter their own password to a value that does not comply with the strong authentication requirements that are configured on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because a password policy check is incomplete at the time a password is changed at server side using the API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted API request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to change their own password to a value that does not comply with the configured strong authentication requirements.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences	n/a

Weakness: CWE-255 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

20210804 Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Strong Authentication Requirements Enforcement Bypass vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO