CVE-2016-15017

Q: How do I fix CVE-2016-15017?

Upgrade media upload to 0.9.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2016-15017 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-15017 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.86% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 55% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2016-15017?

CVE-2016-15017 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2016-15017 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for media upload (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability has been found in fabarea media_upload on TYPO3 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function getUploadedFileList of the file Classes/Service/UploadFileService.php. The manipulation leads to pathname traversal. Upgrading to version 0.9.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as b25d42a4981072321c1a363311d8ea2a4ac8763a. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-217786 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

CWE-21 CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

media uploadNVD

Affected:< 0.9.0Fixed in:0.9.0CVE-2016-15017derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.86%probability of exploitation in 30 days

55thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 55% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-21 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2016-1505	Critical	10.0	2.6%	-	-
CVE-2014-2232	Medium	5.0	1.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11626	Medium	5.3	1.3%	-	-
CVE-2015-10030	Medium	5.5	0.7%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-7738	Low	3.3	0.3%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2016-15017?

Upgrade media upload to 0.9.0 or later.

Is CVE-2016-15017 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-15017 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.86% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 55% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2016-15017?

CVE-2016-15017 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2016-15017 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for media upload (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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