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CVE-2016-6404

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6404 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the web framework of Cisco IOx Local Manager, affecting IOS 15.5(2)T and IOS XE. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML through a specially crafted URL. Rated 6.1 MEDIUM on CVSS, exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
15.5\(2\)tCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.5\(2\)t:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-20160914-ios
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92963
securitytracker.com / id/1036834