CVE-2017-16736
An Unrestricted Upload Of File With Dangerous Type issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess...
An Unrestricted Upload Of File With Dangerous Type issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to 8.3. WebAccess allows a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files.
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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An Unrestricted Upload Of File With Dangerous Type issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to 8.3. WebAccess allows a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files.
- Record
CVE-2017-16736- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An Unrestricted Upload Of File With Dangerous Type issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to 8.3. WebAccess allows a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files.
- Record
CVE-2017-16736- Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-7920 No score
An Unrestricted Upload Of File With Dangerous Type issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to 8.3. WebAccess allows a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files.
- Record
EUVD-2017-7920- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xc2m-xw49-q79w
An Unrestricted Upload Of File With Dangerous Type issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess...
An Unrestricted Upload Of File With Dangerous Type issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to 8.3. WebAccess allows a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files.
- Record
GHSA-xc2m-xw49-q79w- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-16736 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Advantech Webaccess, published January 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.81%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.