CVE-2016-7791

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2016-7791 · Published 12/01/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-7791 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting exponent cms (exponentcms).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.9%, higher than 90.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
exponent cms exponentcms	`= 2.3.9`	No fix yet

Description

Exponent CMS 2.3.9 suffers from a remote code execution vulnerability in /install/index.php. An attacker can upload an evil 'exploit.tar.gz' file to the website, then extract it by visiting '/install/index.php?install_sample=../../files/exploit', which leads to arbitrary code execution.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/11 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/93119 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

exponent cms

exponentcms

= 2.3.9

No fix yet

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