CVE-2016-5661

8.8 highEPSS 2.6%

High (8.8) in accela civic platform citizen access portal. EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 85% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-284
Published: 2016-07-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

accela:civic_platform_citizen_access_portal

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/665280
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JLAD-ABMPVA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91765
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/665280
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JLAD-ABMPVA

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