Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite Web UI Command Injection Vulnerabilities

published 2021-01-20 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-6605

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.4%; EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits: 0; none known

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web UI of Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2y ago (2024-11-08)

Exploit prediction

4.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cssm-multici-pgG5WM5A
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-1138
NVD CVE-2021-1138

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