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CVE-2016-8897

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Exponent CMS version 2.3.9 suffers from a sql injection vulnerability in framework/modules/help/controllers/helpController.php.

Affected products

• Exponent CMS: 2.3.9

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/5
• https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/fdafb5ec97838e4edbd685f587f28d3174ebb3db
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/5
• https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/fdafb5ec97838e4edbd685f587f28d3174ebb3db

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