What is CVE-2016-6408?

CVE-2016-6408 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Home, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-09-24.

How severe is CVE-2016-6408?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

XXE in Cisco Prime Home

CVE-2016-6408

Cisco Prime Home 5.2.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka Bug ID CSCvb17814.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2016-09-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Prime Home — versions 5.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93092 (vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6408?: CVE-2016-6408 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Home, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-09-24.
How severe is CVE-2016-6408?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.