Improper Access Control Affecting pupnp/pupnp package, versions [,1.6.21)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PUPNPPUPNP-2369509
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Mar 2017

CVE-2016-6255  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pupnp/pupnp to version 1.6.21 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. 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.

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