What is CVE-2016-1357?

CVE-2016-1357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Policy Suite, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-1357?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Cisco Policy Suite

CVE-2016-1357

The password-management administration component in Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) 7.0.1.3, 7.0.2, 7.0.2-att, 7.0.3-att, 7.0.4-att, and 7.5.0 allows remote attackers to bypass intended RBAC restrictions and read unspecified data via unknown vectors, aka Bug ID CSCut85211.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-03-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.7% 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 Policy Suite — versions 7.0.1.3, 7.0.2, 7.0.2-att

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1357?: CVE-2016-1357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Policy Suite, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-1357?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.