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

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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

Published Sep 24, 2016

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.38%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.38% 0.01379

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01379

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.38% (0.01379)	71.10th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.38% (0.01379)	68.45th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.40% (0.00399)	58.53th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.24% (0.00243)	64.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.24% (0.00243)	63.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.24% (0.00243)	60.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-611

XXE

References (2)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-cph
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93092
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160921-cph		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93092		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Sep 24, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jul 26, 2016

Link CVE-2016-6408

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-6408

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-6408