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CVE-2016-6452

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6452 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Prime Home, affecting versions 5.1.1.6 and earlier, and 5.2.2.2 and earlier. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this flaw to gain full administrator privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the attack vector is network-based with low complexity, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_home:5.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1_baseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_home:5.1_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:prime_home:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0270 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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-20161102-cph
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94070