CVE-2016-6255 is a high-severity vulnerability in Portable UPnP SDK (libupnp) versions prior to 1.6.21, allowing remote attackers to write arbitrary files to the webroot. This unauthenticated flaw, with a CVSS score of 7.5, enables high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. While not observed in active exploitation or listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists (EDB-40589), and its EPSS score indicates a higher-than-average probability of exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.6.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libupnp_project:libupnp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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