CVE-2016-1430 describes a critical vulnerability in Cisco RV180 and RV180W VPN routers, allowing remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root through a crafted HTTP request. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community attention and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:rv180_vpn_router_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:rv180w_vpn_router_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.