CVE-2006-1960

Cisco Wireless LAN Solution Engine < 2.13 - Cross-Site Scripting via archiveApplyDisplay.jsp displayMsg Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-1960. PoCs published by Adam Pointon.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE) by injecting a malicious script into the 'displayMsg' parameter, which steals the user's session cookie.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the appliance web user interface in Cisco CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE) and WLSE Express before 2.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, possibly via the displayMsg parameter to archiveApplyDisplay.jsp, aka bug ID CSCsc01095.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Adam Pointon · textwebappsjsp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27684

This exploit demonstrates a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE) by injecting a malicious script into the 'displayMsg' parameter, which steals the user's session cookie.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable WLSE web interface
MITRE ATT&CK
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17604
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431371/30/5490/threaded
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19736
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431367/30/5490/threaded
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1434
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015965
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/24812
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25883

Scores

EPSS 0.0535
EPSS Percentile 91.6%

Details

Status published
Products (14)
cisco/wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.0 (2 CPE variants)
cisco/wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.1 (2 CPE variants)
cisco/wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.2 (2 CPE variants)
cisco/wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.3 (2 CPE variants)
cisco/wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.4 (2 CPE variants)
cisco/wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.5 (2 CPE variants)
cisco/wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.6 (2 CPE variants)
cisco/wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.7 (2 CPE variants)
cisco/wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.8 (2 CPE variants)
cisco/wireless_lan_solution_engine 2.9 (2 CPE variants)
... and 4 more
Published Apr 21, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026