CVE-2016-2351 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) versions prior to FTA_9_12_40. Specifically, it allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the client_id parameter within the home/seos/courier/security_key2.api endpoint. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a severe risk. It can be exploited remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV) and no public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 11 mentions in discussions and one media article, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9_11_210CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:accellion:file_transfer_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.