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CVE-2016-1423

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.1 (v3.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
EPSS score
1.5% (74th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2016-2522)
Published
October 28, 2016
NVD last modified
June 17, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-2522 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • cisco / email security appliance
  • cisco / email security appliance
  • cisco / email security appliance
  • cisco / email security appliance
  • cisco / email security appliance
  • cisco / email security appliance
  • cisco / email security appliance
  • cisco / email security appliance
  • cisco / email security appliance
  • cisco / email security appliance
  • cisco / email security appliance

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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CVE-2016-1423: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 6.1)