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CVE-2016-7400

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Exponent CMS before 2.4.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) id parameter in an activate_address address controller action, (2) title parameter in a show blog controller action, or (3) content_id parameter in a showComments expComment controller action.

Affected products

• Exponent CMS: through 2.3.9

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/10
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93041
• https://exponentcms.lighthouseapp.com/projects/61783/changesets/e916702a91a6342bbab483a2be2ba2f11dca3aa3
• https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/e916702a91a6342bbab483a2be2ba2f11dca3aa3
• https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/releases/tag/v2.4.0
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40412/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/10
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93041
• https://exponentcms.lighthouseapp.com/projects/61783/changesets/e916702a91a6342bbab483a2be2ba2f11dca3aa3
• https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/e916702a91a6342bbab483a2be2ba2f11dca3aa3

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