PT-2017-9181 · Exponent · Exponent Cms

Manuel García Cárdenas · Published 2017-02-07 · Updated 2018-02-27 · CVE-2016-7400

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Exponent CMS versions prior to 2.4.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This can be achieved via the id parameter in an "activate address" address controller action, the title parameter in a "show" blog controller action, or the content id parameter in a "showComments" expComment controller action.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.4.0, update to version 2.4.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the affected controller actions until the update is applied. Avoid using the id, title, and content id parameters in the respective actions until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7400

Affected Products

Exponent Cms

References · 10

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40412 · Exploit
• https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/e916702a91a6342bbab483a2be2ba2f11dca3aa3 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7400 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7400 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exponentcms.lighthouseapp.com/projects/61783/changesets/e916702a91a6342bbab483a2be2ba2f11dca3aa3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/releases/tag/v2.4.0 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93041 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7400 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/10 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/2 · Note