What is CVE-2016-1401?

CVE-2016-1401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System Central Software, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-1401?

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

XSS in Cisco Unified Computing System Central Software

CVE-2016-1401

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the management interface in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Central Software 1.4(1a) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted value, aka Bug ID CSCuy91250.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-05-21 · 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: 0.010 (61.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 61.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Unified Computing System Central Software — versions 1.4\(1a\), 1.4(1a)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1035933 (vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160517… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1401?: CVE-2016-1401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System Central Software, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-1401?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.