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CVE-2012-5991

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

screens/base/web_auth_custom.html on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices with software 7.2.110.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a certain buttonClicked value in an internal webauth_type request, aka Bug ID CSCud50209.

Affected products

• Cisco 2000 Wireless Lan Controller: all versions
• Cisco 2100 Wireless Lan Controller: all versions
• Cisco 2500 Wireless Lan Controller: all versions
• Cisco 4100 Wireless Lan Controller: all versions
• Cisco 4400 Wireless Lan Controller: all versions
• Cisco 5500 Wireless Lan Controller: all versions
• Cisco 7500 Wireless Lan Controller: all versions
• Cisco 8500 Wireless Lan Controller: all versions
• Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC): 7.2.110.0

References

• http://infosec42.blogspot.dk/2012/12/cisco-wlc-csrf-dos-and-persistent-xss.html
• http://infosec42.blogspot.dk/2012/12/cisco-wlc-csrf-dos-and-persistent-xss.html

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