CVE-2016-8494
Insufficient verification of uploaded files allows attackers with webui administrators privileges...
Insufficient verification of uploaded files allows attackers with webui administrators privileges to perform arbitrary code execution by uploading a new webui theme.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Insufficient verification of uploaded files allows attackers with webui administrators privileges to perform arbitrary code execution by uploading a new webui theme.
- Record
CVE-2016-8494- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Insufficient verification of uploaded files allows attackers with webui administrators privileges to perform arbitrary code execution by uploading a new webui theme.
- Record
CVE-2016-8494- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9342 No score
Insufficient verification of uploaded files allows attackers with webui administrators privileges to perform arbitrary code execution by uploading a new webui theme.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9342- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3hh9-wx4j-9h8m
Insufficient verification of uploaded files allows attackers with webui administrators privileges...
Insufficient verification of uploaded files allows attackers with webui administrators privileges to perform arbitrary code execution by uploading a new webui theme.
- Record
GHSA-3hh9-wx4j-9h8m- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-8494 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Fortinet Connect, published February 9, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.47%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.