{"id":"CVE-2016-6159","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6159","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:50:02.167Z","title":"The management interface of Huawei WS331a routers with software before WS331a-10 V100R001C01B112 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access by sending \"special packages\" to the LAN interface.","description":"The management interface of Huawei WS331a routers with software before WS331a-10 V100R001C01B112 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access by sending \"special packages\" to the LAN interface.","published":"2016-09-21T14:25:19.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:50:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["huawei/ws331a router firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01093,"percentile":0.65209,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160907-01-ws331a-en","tags":["VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160907-01-ws331a-en","tags":["VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6159","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}