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high 8.8

CVE-2016-6433 in the critical feed json

The Threat Management Console in Cisco Firepower Management Center 5.2.0 through 6.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitra…

published 2016-10-06 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7356

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
80.7%
EPSS 80.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

The Threat Management Console in Cisco Firepower Management Center 5.2.0 through 6.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via crafted web-application parameters, aka Bug ID CSCva30872.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-40463)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

80.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/http/cisco_firepower_useradd Cisco Firepower Management Console 6.0 Post Authentication UserAdd Vulnerability metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2016-10-10
  • EDB-41041 Cisco Firepower Management Console 6.0 - Post Authentication UserAdd (Metasploit) remote, 2017-01-13
  • EDB-40463 Cisco Firepower Threat Management Console 6.0.1 - Remote Command Execution webapps, 2016-10-05

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.