What is CVE-2016-9492?

CVE-2016-9492 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jqueryform Php_formmail_generator, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-9492?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Jqueryform Php_formmail_generator

CVE-2016-9492

The code generated by PHP FormMail Generator prior to 17 December 2016 is vulnerable to unrestricted upload of dangerous file types. In the generated form.lib.php file, upload file types are checked against a hard-coded list of dangerous e…

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.034 (87.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Jqueryform Php_formmail_generator
Php Formmail Generator — versions 17/12/2016

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

cret@cert.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9492?: CVE-2016-9492 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jqueryform Php_formmail_generator, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-9492?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.