What is CVE-2016-1442?

CVE-2016-1442 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Infrastructure, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-07-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-1442?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cisco Prime Infrastructure

CVE-2016-1442

The administrative web interface in Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) before 3.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via crafted field values, aka Bug ID CSCuy96280.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2016-07-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (88.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.032 · change: +0.004

Affected products

Cisco Prime Infrastructure — versions 3.0, 3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1036238 (vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160706… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1442?: CVE-2016-1442 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Infrastructure, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-1442?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.