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CVE-2016-8494
Insufficient verification of uploaded files allows attackers with webui administrators privileges to perform arbitrary code execution by…
High7.2EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- fortinet
Description
Insufficient verification of uploaded files allows attackers with webui administrators privileges to perform arbitrary code execution by uploading a new webui theme.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- Privilege escalation
- CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Fortinet · Fortinet Connect
- affected 14.2
- affected 14.10
- affected 15.10
- affected 16.7
References (2)
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-080 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 96159 (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 .