CVE-2021-40120
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-04 15:35
Modified
2024-11-07 21:43
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Command Injection Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sbrv-cmdinjection-Z5cWFdKVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmware
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