What is CVE-2017-5879?

CVE-2017-5879 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-5879?

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

SQL Injection in Exponentcms Exponent Cms

CVE-2017-5879

An issue was discovered in Exponent CMS 2.4.1. This is a blind SQL injection that can be exploited by un-authenticated users via an HTTP GET request and which can be used to dump database data out to a malicious server, using an out-of-band technique, such as select_loadfile(). The vulnerability affects source_selector.php and the following parameter: src.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.019 (77.6th 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 2.4.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5879?: CVE-2017-5879 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-5879?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.