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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-8516

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Visual Mining NetCharts Server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via unspecified vectors.

EXPLOIT ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 81.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 81.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Visual Mining NetCharts Server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
81.68% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 10 November 2014
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-434
Affected
cloudfastpath/netcharts server
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%43%85%3 November 2026: 81.68%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 81.7% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-35211source ↗Visual Mining NetCharts Server - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)java · Metasploitremote10 November 2014yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.