CVE-2016-6461
A vulnerability in the HTTP web-based management interface of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated,…
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- cisco
Description
A vulnerability in the HTTP web-based management interface of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary XML commands on the affected system. More Information: CSCva38556. Known Affected Releases: 9.1(6.10). Known Fixed Releases: 100.11(0.75) 100.15(0.137) 100.8(40.129) 96.2(0.95) 97.1(0.55) 97.1(12.7) 97.1(6.30).
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 9.1(6.10)
- affected Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 9.1(6.10)
References (3)
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161116-asa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94365 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1037306 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-7384 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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