CVE-2016-5661 (GCVE-0-2016-5661)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-15 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:07
VLAI
Summary
Accela Civic Platform Citizen Access portal relies on the client to restrict file types for uploads, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via modified _EventArgument and filename parameters.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/665280 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91765 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JLAD-ABMPVA x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2016-07-13 00:00
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