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CVE-2016-1472

26
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0289 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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-20160831-sps2
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92707
securitytracker.com / id/1036724
synacktiv.com / ressources/advisories_cisco_switch_sg220_dos.pdf
Third Party Advisory