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CVE-2016-0854

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 77.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the uploadImageCommon function in the UploadAjaxAction script in the WebAccess Dashboard Viewer in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 allows remote attackers to write to files of arbitrary types via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Advantech WebAccess: through 8.0

References

• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/scada/advantech_webaccess_dashboard_file_upload
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-127
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-128
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-129
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-014-01
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39735/
• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/scada/advantech_webaccess_dashboard_file_upload
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-127
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-128
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-129
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-014-01
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39735/

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