CVE-2016-1524
Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in NETGEAR Management System NMS300 1.5.0.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to…
- 9.6CriticalCVSS base score
- 94.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in NETGEAR Management System NMS300 1.5.0.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code by using (1) fileUpload.do or (2) lib-1.0/external/flash/fileUpload.do to upload a JSP file, and then accessing it via a direct request for a /null URI.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System 300 Authenticated File Download (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/admin/http/netgear_auth_downloadRank normaldisclosed 4 Feb 2016
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Netgear NMS300 ProSafe Network Management System - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 39412webapps, hardwarepublished 4 Feb 2016Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 39412 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By certcc
- 37 days later
· 37 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 94.1% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 20160204 [CERT 777024 / CVE-2016-1524/5]: RCE and file download in Netgear NMS300 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20160204 [CERT 777024 / CVE-2016-1524/5]: RCE and file download in Netgear NMS300 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135618/Netgear-Pro-NMS-300-Code-Execution-File-Download.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 39412 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- VU#777024 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-2619 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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