CVE-2012-5992

Exp

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.

Published: 2012-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5992 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.78%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5992

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23361 exploit_db edb 2012-12-13 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5992

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 0.59% 1.78% +1.19%
2 2025-08-31 0.33% 0.59% +0.26%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5992

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5992

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5992

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco wireless_lan_controller_software 7.2.110.0 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:7.2.110.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 2000_wireless_lan_controller — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:2000_wireless_lan_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 2100_wireless_lan_controller — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:2100_wireless_lan_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 2500_wireless_lan_controller — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:2500_wireless_lan_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 4100_wireless_lan_controller — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:4100_wireless_lan_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 4400_wireless_lan_controller — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:4400_wireless_lan_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 5500_wireless_lan_controller — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:5500_wireless_lan_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 7500_wireless_lan_controller — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:7500_wireless_lan_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco 8500_wireless_lan_controller — cpe:2.3:h:cisco:8500_wireless_lan_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5992

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