CVE-2012-6007

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in screens/base/web_auth_custom.html on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices with software 7.2.110.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the headline parameter, aka Bug ID CSCud65187, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5992.

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-2012-6007 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.48%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.04% 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-2012-6007

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-2012-6007

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 2025-08-27 1.44% 3.48% +2.04%
2 2025-03-30 1.20% 1.44% +0.24%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.20% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6007

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6007

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6007

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-2012-6007

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