CVE-2016-2784

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-05-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

CMS Made Simple 2.x before 2.1.3 and 1.x before 1.12.2, when Smarty Cache is activated, allow remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks, modify links, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted HTTP Host header in a request.

Affected products

CMS Made Simple: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+74)

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136897/CMS-Made-Simple-Cache-Poisoning.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/15
http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/03/Announcing-CMSMS-1-12-2-kolonia/
http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/04/Announcing-CMSMS-2-1-3-Black-Point/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538272/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39760/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136897/CMS-Made-Simple-Cache-Poisoning.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/15
http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/03/Announcing-CMSMS-1-12-2-kolonia/
http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/04/Announcing-CMSMS-2-1-3-Black-Point/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538272/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39760/

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