CVE-2016-1343

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The XML parser in Cisco Information Server (CIS) 6.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka Bug ID CSCuy39059.

Affected products

Cisco Information Server: 6.2_base

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160428-cis
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160428-cis

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