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CVE-2012-5992

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices with software 7.2.110.0 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add administrative accounts via screens/aaa/mgmtuser_create.html or (2) insert XSS sequences via the headline parameter to screens/base/web_auth_custom.html, aka Bug ID CSCud50283.

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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