{
    "id": "CVE-2016-6255",
    "published": "2017-03-07 16:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:50:42",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-284",
    "description": "Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) before 1.6.21 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files in the webroot via a POST request without a registered handler.",
    "epss_score": "0.26620",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97957",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 18:17:15",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "libupnp_project",
            "product": "libupnp"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40589",
            "title": "MiCasaVerde VeraLite - Remote Code Execution",
            "date": "2016-10-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050",
        "https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52",
        "https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog",
        "https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/",
        "https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050",
        "https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52",
        "https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog",
        "https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/",
        "https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10"
    ]
}