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CVE-2006-5288

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-10-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cisco 2700 Series Wireless Location Appliances before 2.1.34.0 have a default administrator username "root" and password "password," which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative privileges, aka Bug ID CSCsb92893.

Affected products

• Cisco 2700 Wireless Location Appliance: 1.1.73.0

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017056
• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080758bae.shtml
• http://www.osvdb.org/30913
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20490
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29497
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017056
• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080758bae.shtml
• http://www.osvdb.org/30913
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20490
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29497

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