What is CVE-2016-9184?

CVE-2016-9184 is a high-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-9184?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Exponentcms Exponent Cms

CVE-2016-9184

In /framework/modules/core/controllers/expHTMLEditorController.php of Exponent CMS 2.4.0, untrusted input is used to construct a table name, and in the selectObject method in mysqli class, table names are wrapped with a character that common filters do not filter, allowing for SQL Injection. Impact is Information Disclosure.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.018 (75.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Exponentcms Exponent_cms — versions 2.4.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9184?: CVE-2016-9184 is a high-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-9184?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.