What is CVE-2016-1294?

CVE-2016-1294 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-2016-1294?

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

XSS in Cisco Firesight System Software

CVE-2016-1294

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Management Center in Cisco FireSIGHT System Software 6.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted cookie, aka Bug ID CSCuw89094.

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 6.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1034690 (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-2016-1294?: CVE-2016-1294 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-2016-1294?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.