CVE-2016-6433 Command injection in n/a
Remote authenticated users can execute arbitrary commands on Cisco Firepower Management Center via crafted web-application parameters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-6433?
CVE-2016-6433 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, published on 6 Oct 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Threat Management Console in Cisco Firepower Management Center 5.2.0 through 6.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via crafted web-application parameters, aka Bug ID CSCva30872.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6433?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6433?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6433 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2016-6433 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-6433 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
- CVE-2026-20079 Cisco Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2026-20131 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2026-20316 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Use of Hard-coded Password
- CVE-2025-20265 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Radius Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-20424 Command injection in Cisco Firepower Management Center
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vj79-frfw-249q.