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CVE-2016-6461

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6461 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the HTTP web-based management interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software. It allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary XML commands due to improper input validation (CWE-20). The attack complexity is high, but successful exploitation could lead to high integrity impact, though confidentiality and availability are not affected. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.1\(7\)4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.1\(7\)4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1\(7\)7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.1\(7\)7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1\(7\)9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.1\(7\)9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1\(7\)11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.1\(7\)11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1\(7\)12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.1\(7\)12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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-20161116-asa
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94365
securitytracker.com / id/1037306