CVE-2015-0679 — The web-authentication functionality on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices 7.3(103.8) and 7.4(110.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed password, aka Bug ID CSCui57980

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The web-authentication functionality on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices 7.3(103.8) and 7.4(110.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed password, aka Bug ID CSCui57980

Published Mar 28, 2015

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.63%

Description

The web-authentication functionality on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices 7.3(103.8) and 7.4(110.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed password, aka Bug ID CSCui57980.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.63% 0.00625

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00625

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.63% (0.00625)	48.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.63% (0.00629)	45.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.18% (0.01176)	77.25th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.16% (0.00157)	53.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 22, 2024	0.16% (0.00157)	52.29th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.16% (0.00157)	50.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (2)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=38076
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031990
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=38076		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031990		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Mar 28, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2015

Link CVE-2015-0679

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-0679

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-0679