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CVE-2021-1522 — Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 4.3

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.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4.3 (3.1)
Published
2021-08-04
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-255, CWE-521

Affected products

  • cisco / connected_mobile_experiences / 10.6.0
  • cisco / connected_mobile_experiences / 10.6.1
  • cisco / connected_mobile_experiences / 10.6.2
  • cisco / connected_mobile_experiences / 10.6.3

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

Authoritative sources

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