What is CVE-2016-1473?

CVE-2016-1473 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Plus Switches, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-1473?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Plus Switches

CVE-2016-1473

Cisco Small Business 220 devices with firmware before 1.0.1.1 have a hardcoded SNMP community, which allows remote attackers to read or modify SNMP objects by leveraging knowledge of this community, aka Bug ID CSCuz76216.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-09-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.040 (90.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.040 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Plus Switches — versions 1.0.0.17, 1.0.0.18, 1.0.0.19

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160831… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036711 (vdb-entry)
www.synacktiv.com/ressources/advisories_cisco_switch_sg220_default_snmp.pdf (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92710 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1473?: CVE-2016-1473 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Plus Switches, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-1473?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.