CVE-2016-1423

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A vulnerability in the display of email messages in the Messages in Quarantine (MIQ) view in Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a user to click a malicious link in the MIQ view. The malicious link could be used to facilitate a cross-site scripting (XSS) or HTML injection attack. More Information: CSCuz02235. Known Affected Releases: 8.0.2-069. Known Fixed Releases: 9.1.1-038 9.7.2-047.

Affected products

Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA): 8.9.0, 8.9.1-000, 8.9.2-032, 9.0.0, 9.0.0-212, 9.0.0-461 (+5)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93912
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037113
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93912
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037113
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa4

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