CVE-2016-7788
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in framework/modules/users/models/user.php in Exponent CMS 2.3.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the username parameter.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| exponentcms | exponent_cms | {"endIncluding":"2.3.9"} | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139484/Exponent-CMS-2.3.9-SQL-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97233
- https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/fdafb5ec97838e4edbd685f587f28d3174ebb3db
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139484/Exponent-CMS-2.3.9-SQL-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97233
- https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/fdafb5ec97838e4edbd685f587f28d3174ebb3db
CWEs
CWE-89
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.