CVE-2016-1472 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business 220 series switches running firmware prior to 1.0.1.1. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted HTTP request, leading to an interface outage. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in a complete loss of availability for the management interface. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, though it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:small_business_220_series_smart_plus_switches:1.0.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:small_business_220_series_smart_plus_switches:1.0.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:small_business_220_series_smart_plus_switches:1.0.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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