CVE-2006-1961

Cisco CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE) and WLSE Express before 2.13, Hosting Solution Engine (HSE) and User Registration Tool (URT) before 20060419, and all versions of Ethernet Subscriber Solution Engine (ESSE) and CiscoWorks2000 Service Management Solution (SMS) allow local users to gain Linux shell access via shell metacharacters in arguments to the "show" command in the application's command line interface (CLI), aka bug ID CSCsd21502 (WLSE), CSCsd22861 (URT), and CSCsd22859 (HSE). NOTE: other issues might be addressed by the Cisco advisory.

Published: 2006-04-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1961 is rated Moderate Risk (60.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.71%). EPSS rose +1.41% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1961

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.31% 2.71% +1.41%
2 2025-05-15 1.04% 1.31% +0.26%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.04% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1961

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1961

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1961

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco user_registration_tool — cpe:2.3:a:cisco:user_registration_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.0:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.1:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.2:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.3:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.4:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.5:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.6:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.7:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.8:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.9:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.10:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.11 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.11 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.11:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.12 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.12 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.12:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.13 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.13 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_solution_engine:2.13:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
cisco ciscoworks_2000_service_management_solution — cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ciscoworks_2000_service_management_solution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco hosting_solution_engine 1.7 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:hosting_solution_engine:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco hosting_solution_engine 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:hosting_solution_engine:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco hosting_solution_engine 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:hosting_solution_engine:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco hosting_solution_engine 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:hosting_solution_engine:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco hosting_solution_engine 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:h:cisco:hosting_solution_engine:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco ethernet_subscriber_solution_engine — cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ethernet_subscriber_solution_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1961

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