CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-2242
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
Exponent CMS 2.x before 2.3.7 Patch 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the sc parameter to install/index.php.
Affected configurations
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.0.0
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.0.1
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.0.2
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.0.3
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.0.4
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.0.5
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.0.6
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.0.7
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.0.8
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.0.9
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.1.0
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.1.1
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.1.2
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.1.3
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.1.4
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.2.0
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.2.1
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.2.2
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.2.3
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.3.0
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.3.1
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.3.2
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.3.3
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.3.4
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.3.5
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.3.7
• exponentcms exponent cms 2.3.8
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135721/Exponent-2.3.7-PHP-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.exponentcms.org/news/patch-3-released-for-v2-3-7 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exponentcms.org/news/show/title/security-notice-closing-an-exponent-security-vulnerability Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537499/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23290 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135721/Exponent-2.3.7-PHP-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.exponentcms.org/news/patch-3-released-for-v2-3-7 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exponentcms.org/news/show/title/security-notice-closing-an-exponent-security-vulnerability Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537499/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23290 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory