CVE-2012-6007

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software 7.2.110.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Headline Parameter

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-6007. PoCs published by Jacob Holcomb.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a chained attack against Cisco Wireless Lan Controller (WLC) 7.2.110.0, combining CSRF, persistent XSS, and a DoS vulnerability. The PoC includes HTML files to trigger CSRF for adding an admin user and XSS payloads, along with a DoS URL that crashes the WLC.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by Jacob Holcomb · textdoshardware

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23361

View Code ZIP pw:eip

This exploit demonstrates a chained attack against Cisco Wireless Lan Controller (WLC) 7.2.110.0, combining CSRF, persistent XSS, and a DoS vulnerability. The PoC includes HTML files to trigger CSRF for adding an admin user and XSS payloads, along with a DoS URL that crashes the WLC.

Classification

Working Poc 100%

Attack Type

Xss | Dos | Auth Bypass

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.2.110.0

Auth required

Prerequisites: Authenticated user session on the target WLC · Victim interaction to trigger CSRF/XSS

MITRE ATT&CK

T1189 - Drive-by Compromise T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter T1499 - Endpoint Denial of Service

mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit x_refsource_misc

http://infosec42.blogspot.dk/2012/12/cisco-wlc-csrf-dos-and-persistent-xss.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0366

EPSS Percentile 88.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (9)

cisco/2000_wireless_lan_controller

cisco/2100_wireless_lan_controller

cisco/2500_wireless_lan_controller

cisco/4100_wireless_lan_controller

cisco/4400_wireless_lan_controller

cisco/5500_wireless_lan_controller

cisco/7500_wireless_lan_controller

cisco/8500_wireless_lan_controller

cisco/wireless_lan_controller_software 7.2.110.0

Published Dec 19, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026