What is CVE-2018-16796?

CVE-2018-16796 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hiscout Grc Suite, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-16796?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Hiscout Grc Suite

CVE-2018-16796

HiScout GRC Suite before 3.1.5 allows Unrestricted Upload of Files with Dangerous Types.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2018-09-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hiscout Grc Suite

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2018-015.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/27 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/149824 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16796?: CVE-2018-16796 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hiscout Grc Suite, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-16796?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.