CVE-2016-6255

HIGH EXPLOITED

Portable UPnP SDK <1.6.21 - Code Injection

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Jacob Baines · htmlremotehardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589
vulncheck_xdb WORKING POC
client-side
https://github.com/jacob-baines/veralite_upnp_exploit_poc

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.5409
EPSS Percentile 98.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2019-06-13
CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
libupnp_project/libupnp < 1.6.20
Published Mar 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026