CVE-2016-1296

HIGH

Cisco Web Security Appliance - Proxy Restriction Bypass via Malformed HTTP Method

Title source: llm

Description

The proxy engine on Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices with software 8.5.3-055, 9.1.0-000, and 9.5.0-235 allows remote attackers to bypass intended proxy restrictions via a malformed HTTP method, aka Bug ID CSCux00848.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034763

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_cisco

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160119-wsa

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0208

EPSS Percentile 79.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-254

Status published

Products (3)

cisco/web_security_appliance 8.5.3-055

cisco/web_security_appliance 9.1.0-000

cisco/web_security_appliance 9.5.0-235

Published Jan 20, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026