What is CVE-2016-1462?

CVE-2016-1462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Service Catalog, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2016-1462?

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

XSS in Cisco Prime Service Catalog

CVE-2016-1462

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web-based management interface in Cisco Prime Service Catalog (PSC) 11.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted value, aka Bug ID CSCuz63795.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-07-28 · 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 Prime Service Catalog — versions 11.0_base

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1036472 (vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160727… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92156 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1462?: CVE-2016-1462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Service Catalog, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2016-1462?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.