Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) before 1.6.21 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files in the webroot via a POST request…

Description

Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) before 1.6.21 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files in the webroot via a POST request without a registered handler.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

27.0% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-284 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (10)

• [oss-security] 20160720 Re: libupnp write files via POST (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201701-52 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 40589 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20160718 libupnp write files via POST (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-3736 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 92050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 01:22 UTC.