THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-1291
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-1291

Evolved Programmable Network Manager vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.8%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2.0 through 2.2(2) and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) 1.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted deserialized data in an HTTP POST request, aka Bug ID CSCuw03192.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Evolved Programmable Network Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2016-04-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-1291

  • Confirm whether Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-1291.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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