CVE-2016-1296 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1296?

CVE-2016-1296 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance, published on 20 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1296?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Web Security Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1296?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1296 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-1296 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1296 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Web Security Appliance

• CVE-2015-6298 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2019-1817 Cisco Web Security Appliance Malformed Request Denial of Service Vulnerability High 8.6
• CVE-2018-0410 Denial of service in AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security Appliances High 8.6
• CVE-2015-6292 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2015-6293 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8

All Cisco Web Security Appliance vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6jg2-9jcr-443r.