VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-16796
HiScout GRC Suite before 3.1.5 allows Unrestricted Upload of Files with Dangerous Types.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.55%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
HiScout GRC Suite before 3.1.5 allows Unrestricted Upload of Files with Dangerous Types.
- 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
- 2.55% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-434
- Affected
- hiscout/grc suite
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/27Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2018-015.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/149824Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/27Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2018-015.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.