CVE-2013-1235
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices do not properly address the resource consumption of terminated TELNET sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TELNET outage) by making many TELNET connections and improperly ending these connections, aka Bug ID CSCug35507.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.23%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 68
- Score date: 10/3/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (16)
Cisco — 2000 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 2100 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 2106 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 2112 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 2125 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 2500 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 2504 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 4100 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 4400 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 4402 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 4404 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 5500 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 7500 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — 8500 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — Airespace 4000 Wireless LAN ControllerCisco — Wireless LAN Controller
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
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