Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Configuration Dependency management, component inventory
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| Impact | Quantitative risk assessment is severely constrained by the absence of CVSS scores, CVSS vectors, and EPSS data. However, qualitative signals indicate moderate to significant risk: the vulnerability explicitly enables unauthorized modification of information (high technical impact on confidentiality and integrity), affects a production networking appliance deployed in enterprise indoor positioning infrastructure, and targets versions prior to 2025.Q3, suggesting a relatively recent discovery. The lack of public POC code, KEV status, and active exploitation reports suggests this is not yet widely exploited in the wild, but the complete absence of quantitative scoring metrics prevents severity comparison with other vulnerabilities. Organizations running Indoor Connect 8855 should treat this as a priority for patching based on the unauthorized modification capability and enterprise deployment context, though the actual exploitability (attack vector, privileges required, attack complexity) remains undetermined without the CVSS vector. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with network access to the Indoor Connect 8855 administrative interface or API could craft a specially formatted input payload containing unfiltered special elements (such as shell metacharacters, SQL syntax, or command delimiters) designed to bypass input validation. This malicious input, once processed by the vulnerable filtering mechanism, could be interpreted as commands or data modification directives, allowing the attacker to alter critical configuration settings, user permissions, positioning data, or system parameters without proper authorization. The specific attack complexity and required privilege level are unknown without the CVSS vector, but the vulnerability class suggests this could be exploitable by unauthenticated or low-privileged users depending on which interfaces lack proper input sanitization. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 25, 2026
Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 prior to version 2025.Q3 contains an Improper Filtering of Special Elements vulnerability (CWE-790) that allows attackers to bypass input validation controls and achieve unauthorized modification of sensitive information. This vulnerability affects all versions of the Indoor Connect 8855 product line below the 2025.Q3 release. No CVSS score, CVSS vector, EPSS data, or active exploitation status is currently available in public sources, limiting quantitative risk assessment, though the CWE-790 classification suggests the vulnerability involves inadequate sanitization of special characters or metacharacters in user input.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 to version 2025.Q3 or later immediately. Consult Ericsson's PSIRT security bulletin at https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/security/psirt/CVE-2025-27260 for detailed upgrade procedures and compatibility considerations. Until patching can be completed, implement network segmentation to restrict access to Indoor Connect 8855 administrative interfaces and APIs to trusted internal networks only, disable or restrict any user-facing input mechanisms that accept special characters, and monitor configuration logs for unauthorized modification attempts. Coordinate with Ericsson support if upgrade timelines extend beyond 30 days to discuss interim mitigations specific to your deployment configuration.
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The vulnerability resides in Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 (identified via CPE cpe:2.3:a:ericsson:indoor_connect_8855:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), a network-connected indoor positioning and connectivity solution used in enterprise environments. CWE-790 (Improper Filtering of Special Elements) indicates the root cause is insufficient validation or filtering of special characters, metacharacters, or control sequences before processing user-supplied data. This class of vulnerability typically occurs when input containing special elements (such as SQL metacharacters, command injection sequences, or script tags) is not adequately canonicalized or escaped before being used in a security-critical context. In the context of Indoor Connect 8855, this likely affects configuration, administrative interfaces, or API endpoints where specially crafted input can bypass intended restrictions and modify protected data.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 versions prior to 2025.Q3 contains an Improper Filtering of Special Elements vulnerability which, if exploited, can lead to unauthorized modification of certain information
Executive ViewAI
Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 versions prior to 2025.Q3 contain an input validation bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to modify sensitive information without proper authorization. Organizations operating this indoor wireless infrastructure product face potential compromise of network configuration and data integrity, requiring immediate patching to prevent unauthorized system modifications.
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