CVE detail

CVE-2021-1518 — CVE-2021-1518

Published 2021-07-22 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product firepower_device_manager_on-box · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
6.3
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0187
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
77.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) On-Box Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitization of user input on specific REST API commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the API subsystem of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid low-privileged user credentials.

Remediation

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Softwarenot specifiedadvisory ↗

References

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