# CVE-2006-1961: Cisco CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE) and WLSE Express before 2.13, Hosting Solution Engine (HSE) and User Registration Tool

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-04-21 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cisco CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE) and WLSE Express before 2.13, Hosting Solution Engine (HSE) and User Registration Tool (URT) before 20060419, and all versions of Ethernet Subscriber Solution Engine (ESSE) and CiscoWorks2000 Service Management Solution (SMS) allow local users to gain Linux shell access via shell metacharacters in arguments to the "show" command in the application's command line interface (CLI), aka bug ID CSCsd21502 (WLSE), CSCsd22861 (URT), and CSCsd22859 (HSE). NOTE: other issues might be addressed by the Cisco advisory.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.osvdb.org/24813
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1435
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17609
- http://www.assurance.com.au/advisories/200604-cisco.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25884
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431371/30/5490/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19736
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431367/30/5490/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19739
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1434
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060419-wlse.shtml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19741
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060419-priv.shtml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015965

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