What is CVE-2016-1293?

CVE-2016-1293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firesight System Software, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-1293?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Cisco Firesight System Software

CVE-2016-1293

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Management Center in Cisco FireSIGHT System Software 6.0.0 and 6.0.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters, aka Bug ID CSCux40414.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-01-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Firesight System Software — versions 6.0.0, 6.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1034689 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160115… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1293?: CVE-2016-1293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firesight System Software, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-1293?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.