CVE-2021-40127CWE-20

Cisco Small Business 200, 300, and 500 Series Switches Web-Based Management Interface Denial of Service Vulnerability

Medium · published November 4, 2021

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
69.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business 200 Series Smart Switches, Cisco Small Business 300 Series Managed Switches, and Cisco Small Business 500 Series Stackable Managed Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to render the web-based management interface unusable, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a permanent invalid redirect for requests sent to the web-based management interface of the device, resulting in a DoS condition.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01281 · 69.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2021-11-04T15:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 NOV 15:30Z
    Cisco Small Business 200, 300, and 500 Series Switches Web-Based Management Interface Denial of Service Vulnerability
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