CVE-2016-6255

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52
https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52
https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10

Timeline

Published: Mar 7, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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