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MEDIUM
CVE-2012-5992
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller CSRF vulnerabilities
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 19, 2012, 11:56 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 30, 2013, 5 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-5992 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cisco wireless_lan_controller_software
2 Cisco 4400_wireless_lan_controller
3 Cisco 2000_wireless_lan_controller
4 Cisco 2100_wireless_lan_controller
5 Cisco 2500_wireless_lan_controller
6 Cisco 4100_wireless_lan_controller
7 Cisco 5500_wireless_lan_controller
8 Cisco 7500_wireless_lan_controller
9 Cisco 8500_wireless_lan_controller
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.33 }} 0.16%

score

0.71445

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability