What is CVE-2016-1458?

CVE-2016-1458 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-1458?

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

Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center

CVE-2016-1458

The web-based GUI in Cisco Firepower Management Center 4.x and 5.x before 5.3.0.3, 5.3.1.x before 5.3.1.2, and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software on 5500-X devices with FirePOWER Services 4.x and 5.x before 5.3.0.3, 5.3.1.x before 5.3.1.2, and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to increase user-account privileges via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCur25483.

Published 2016-08-18 · 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: 0.024 (83.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center — versions 4.10.3, 5.2.0, 5.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92512 (vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1458?: CVE-2016-1458 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-1458?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.