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CVE-2016-0854

85
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0854 is a critical unrestricted file upload vulnerability affecting Advantech WebAccess Dashboard Viewer versions prior to 8.1. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary file types, leading to potential full compromise of the affected system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module is publicly available, indicating readily accessible exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:advantech:webaccess:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
77.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Advantech WebAccess Dashboard Viewer uploadImageCommon Arbitrary File Upload · Feb 5, 2016
ExploitDB: EDB-39735 · Apr 26, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7704 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-16-014-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
exploit-db.com / exploits/39735
Exploit
rapid7.com / db/modules/exploit/windows/scada/advantech_webaccess_dashboard_file_upload
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-127
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-128
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-129