{"id":"CVE-2016-5092","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-5092","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:19:48.648Z","title":"Directory traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb before 5.5.3 allows remote authenticated administrators with read and write privileges to read arbitrary files by leveraging the autolearn feature.","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb before 5.5.3 allows remote authenticated administrators with read and write privileges to read arbitrary files by leveraging the autolearn feature.","published":"2016-07-13T15:59:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:48:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["fortinet/fortiweb"],"epss":{"score":0.01648,"percentile":0.76321,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiweb-path-traversal-vulnerability","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiweb-path-traversal-vulnerability","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5092","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."}