CVE-2021-1435
Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Command Injection Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.6 Medium
- Published
- Mar 24, 2021
- Updated
- Dec 16, 2025
- Reserved
- Nov 13, 2020
Description
A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that can be executed as the root user. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web UI of an affected device with arbitrary commands injected into a portion of the request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 6.6 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | cisco |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cisco IOS XE SoftwareCisco |
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