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CVE-2016-2296

81
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2296 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Meteocontrol WEB'log Basic 100, Light, Pro, and Pro Unlimited devices. This flaw allows remote attackers to access "post-admin" login pages without authentication, leading to sensitive information disclosure or data modification. With a CVSS score of 9.4 (Critical) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially resulting in high confidentiality and integrity impacts. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a heightened risk of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:meteocontrol:web\'log_basic_100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:meteocontrol:web\'log_light:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:meteocontrol:web\'log_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:meteocontrol:web\'log_pro_unlimited:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.4CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
64.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39822 · May 17, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6437 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/May/52
ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-16-133-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
exploit-db.com / exploits/39822