What is CVE-2016-9283?

CVE-2016-9283 is a high-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-9283?

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

SQL Injection in Exponentcms Exponent Cms

CVE-2016-9283

SQL Injection in framework/core/subsystems/expRouter.php in Exponent CMS v2.4.0 allows remote attackers to read database information via address/addContentToSearch/id/ and a trailing string, related to a "sef URL" issue.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2016-11-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Exponentcms Exponent Cms — versions 2.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/559792be727f4e731bfcb3935f5beec7749e… (Patch, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94296 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037281 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9283?: CVE-2016-9283 is a high-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-9283?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.