VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-5661
Accela Civic Platform Citizen Access portal relies on the client to restrict file types for uploads, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via modified _EventArgument and filename parameters.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.56%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Accela Civic Platform Citizen Access portal relies on the client to restrict file types for uploads, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via modified _EventArgument and filename parameters.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.56% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- accela/civic platform citizen access portal
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/665280Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JLAD-ABMPVAThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91765
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/665280Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JLAD-ABMPVAThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91765
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.