What is CVE-2016-9481?

CVE-2016-9481 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-11-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-9481?

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

SQL Injection in Exponentcms Exponent Cms

CVE-2016-9481

In framework/modules/core/controllers/expCommentController.php of Exponent CMS 2.4.0, content_id input is passed into showComments. The method showComments is defined in the expCommentControllercontroller with the parameter '$this->params['content_id']' used directly in SQL. Impact is a SQL injection.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.018 (75.8th 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, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9481?: CVE-2016-9481 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-9481?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.