What is CVE-2016-9287?

CVE-2016-9287 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2016-9287?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Exponentcms Exponent Cms

CVE-2016-9287

In /framework/modules/notfound/controllers/notfoundController.php of Exponent CMS 2.4.0 patch1, untrusted input is passed into getSearchResults. The method getSearchResults is defined in the search model with the parameter '$term' used directly in SQL. Impact is a SQL injection.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.015 (71.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

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-2016-9287?: CVE-2016-9287 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-9287?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.