CVE-2016-0854

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the uploadImageCommon function in the UploadAjaxAction...

9.8 CriticalPublic exploit

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the uploadImageCommon function in the UploadAjaxAction script in the WebAccess Dashboard Viewer in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 allows remote attackers to write to files of arbitrary types via unspecified vectors.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

77.0%Down 5.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2016-0854
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-0854
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-0865 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-0865
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2hxc-7g8w-hjm5 9.8

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the uploadImageCommon function in the UploadAjaxAction...

Record: GHSA-2hxc-7g8w-hjm5
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

advantech webaccess

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Advantech Webaccess Dashboard Viewer - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)	2016-04-26
Metasploit	Advantech WebAccess Dashboard Viewer uploadImageCommon Arbitrary File Upload	2016-02-05

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-0854 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Advantech Webaccess, published January 15, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 77.0%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.