{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8494 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8494 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-8494 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Connect, published on 9 Feb 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8494 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-8494 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Connect, published on 9 Feb 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8494 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Fortinet Connect. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8494/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8494/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-8494","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8494/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-8494","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-3hh9-wx4j-9h8m"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Fortinet Connect","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Administrators can execute arbitrary code by uploading malicious webui themes due to insufficient file verification.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"file_upload"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"fortinet","cpe":[{"product":"connect","vendor":"fortinet"}],"cvss":{"score":7.2,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null}],"description":"Insufficient verification of uploaded files allows attackers with webui administrators privileges to perform arbitrary code execution by uploading a new webui theme.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"File upload in Fortinet Connect","id":"CVE-2016-8494","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"file_upload","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in FortiManager","id":"CVE-2016-8495"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient","id":"CVE-2016-8493"},"products":["Fortinet Connect"],"published":"2017-02-09","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-10-25","vendors":["Fortinet"]},"summary":"Administrators can execute arbitrary code by uploading malicious webui themes due to insufficient file verification.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8494/"}