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CVE-2006-3286

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3286 describes a critical vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) for Linux and Windows versions prior to 3.2(63). The internal database within these affected products stores a hard-coded username and password in plaintext, allowing remote authenticated users to gain unauthorized access to the database. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity. Its attack vector is network-based with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting it has not garnered significant attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.2\(51\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:wireless_control_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0263 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/20870
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27438
cisco.com / warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060628-wcs.shtml
Patch
osvdb.org / 26883
securityfocus.com / bid/18701
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2583