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CVE-2016-1291

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1291 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting Cisco Prime Infrastructure versions 1.2.0 through 2.2(2) and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) 1.2. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted deserialized data within an HTTP POST request. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:evolved_programmable_network_manager:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_infrastructure:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0.103CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_infrastructure:1.2.0.103:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_infrastructure:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_infrastructure:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0677 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

blogs.securiteam.com / index.php/archives/2727
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160406-remcode
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035497