What is CVE-2016-9268?

CVE-2016-9268 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dotclear, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2016-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-9268?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Dotclear

CVE-2016-9268

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Blog appearance in the "Install or upgrade manually" module in Dotclear through 2.10.4 allows remote authenticated super-administrators to execute arbitrary code by uploading a theme file with an zip extension, and then accessing it via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.050 (91.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Dotclear
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9268?: CVE-2016-9268 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dotclear, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2016-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-9268?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.