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CVE-2016-1301

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1301 describes a critical vulnerability in the RBAC implementation of Cisco ASA-CX Content-Aware Security and Cisco Prime Security Manager software versions prior to 9.3.1.1(112). This flaw allows remote authenticated users to change arbitrary user passwords through a crafted HTTP request. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability presents a low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_security_manager:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.1-40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_security_manager:9.0.1-40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.2-68CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_security_manager:9.0.2-68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_security_manager:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.2-29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_security_manager:9.1.2-29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0247 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160203-prsm
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1034926
securitytracker.com / id/1034927