CVE-2012-5992 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-5992

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities on Cisco Wireless LAN...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

wireless lan controller software, 2000 wireless lan controller, 2100 wireless lan controller, 2500 wireless lan controller, 4100 wireless lan controller, 4400 wireless lan controller, 5500 wireless lan controller, 7500 wireless lan controller, 8500 wireless lan controller
Vulnerable Versions:
7.2.110.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 19th, 2012
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.