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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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