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CVE-2016-2242

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: 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 products

• Exponent CMS: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.4-p3 (+36)

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135721/Exponent-2.3.7-PHP-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.exponentcms.org/news/patch-3-released-for-v2-3-7
• http://www.exponentcms.org/news/show/title/security-notice-closing-an-exponent-security-vulnerability
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537499/100/0/threaded
• https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23290
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135721/Exponent-2.3.7-PHP-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.exponentcms.org/news/patch-3-released-for-v2-3-7
• http://www.exponentcms.org/news/show/title/security-notice-closing-an-exponent-security-vulnerability
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537499/100/0/threaded
• https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23290

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