VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-7790

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability3.90%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-01-12

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Exponent CMS 2.3.9 suffers from a remote code execution vulnerability in /install/index.php. An attacker can upload 'php' file to the website through uploader_paste.php, then overwrite /framework/conf/config.php, which leads to arbitrary code execution.

Weakness classification

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry