CVE-2012-5992

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5992
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-12-19 11:56:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-352 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco 2000 Wireless Lan Controller All All All All
Hardware Cisco 2100 Wireless Lan Controller All All All All
Hardware Cisco 2500 Wireless Lan Controller - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4100 Wireless Lan Controller All All All All
Hardware Cisco 4400 Wireless Lan Controller All All All All
Hardware Cisco 5500 Wireless Lan Controller - All All All
Hardware Cisco 7500 Wireless Lan Controller - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8500 Wireless Lan Controller - All All All
Operating System Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software 7.2.110.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Hak42 InfoSec: Cisco WLC CSRF, DoS, and Persistent XSS - CVE-2012-5992, CVE-2012-6007, CVE-2012-5991 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 infosec42.blogspot.dk Exploit
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