CVE-2021-25161

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A remote cross-site scripting (xss) vulnerability was discovered in some Aruba Instant Access Point (IAP) products in version(s): Aruba Instant 6.4.x: 6.4.4.8-4.2.4.17 and below; Aruba Instant 6.5.x: 6.5.4.18 and below; Aruba Instant 8.3.x: 8.3.0.14 and below; Aruba Instant 8.5.x: 8.5.0.11 and below; Aruba Instant 8.6.x: 8.6.0.7 and below; Aruba Instant 8.7.x: 8.7.1.1 and below. Aruba has released patches for Aruba Instant that address this security vulnerability.

Published: 2021-03-30 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-25161 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.44%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +14.51% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2021-25161

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
50136 exploit_db edb 2021-07-15 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-25161

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.93% 16.44% +14.51%
2 2026-04-12 2.59% 1.93% -0.66%
3 2025-11-21 — 2.59% —

Full EPSS history (26 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-25161

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-25161

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-25161

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
arubanetworks instant >= 6.4.0.0, <= 6.4.4.8-4.2.4.18 cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arubanetworks instant >= 6.5.0.0, < 6.5.4.19 cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arubanetworks instant >= 8.3.0.0, < 8.3.0.15 cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arubanetworks instant >= 8.5.0.0, < 8.5.0.12 cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arubanetworks instant >= 8.6.0.0, < 8.6.0.8 cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arubanetworks instant >= 8.7.0.0, < 8.7.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens scalance_w1750d_firmware >= 8.7.0, < 8.7.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_w1750d_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-25161

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