TI-2021-01249 Aliases CVE-2021-1522 GHSA-8xp5-3f4x-88fr

Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Strong Authentication Requirements Enforcement Bypass

LOW 21CWE-255Published 2021-08-04 · Updated 2024-11-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-521.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00748 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Cisco	Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:connected_mobile_experiences:10.6.0:::::::*	10.6.0	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:connected_mobile_experiences:10.6.1:::::::*	10.6.1	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:connected_mobile_experiences:10.6.2:::::::*	10.6.2	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:connected_mobile_experiences:10.6.3:::::::*	10.6.3	Vulnerable	Cisco

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:connected_mobile_experiences:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:connected_mobile_experiences:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:connected_mobile_experiences:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.2 Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:connected_mobile_experiences:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.3 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-1522
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8xp5-3f4x-88fr

References

Advisory 1

20210804 Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Strong Authentication Requirements Enforcement Bypass

TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-00871 Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2020-02714 Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
TI-2020-02713 Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Restricted Shell Escape Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
TI-2021-00870 Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences User Enumeration Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

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Sources

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