CVE-2016-0854
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the uploadImageCommon function in the UploadAjaxAction script in the WebAccess Dashboard Viewer in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 allows remote attackers to write to files of arbitrary types via unspecified…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 77.0%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the uploadImageCommon function in the UploadAjaxAction script in the WebAccess Dashboard Viewer in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 allows remote attackers to write to files of arbitrary types via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 77.04% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 26 April 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- advantech/webaccess
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS moved from 74.1% on 21 September 2026 to 77.0% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
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.
References
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/scada/advantech_webaccess_dashboard_file_upload
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-127
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-128
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-129
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-014-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39735/Exploit
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/scada/advantech_webaccess_dashboard_file_upload
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-127
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-128
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-129
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-014-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39735/Exploit
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