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CVE-2017-5879

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

An issue was discovered in Exponent CMS 2.4.1. This is a blind SQL injection that can be exploited by un-authenticated users via an HTTP GET request and which can be used to dump database data out to a malicious server, using an out-of-band technique, such as select_loadfile(). The vulnerability affects source_selector.php and the following parameter: src.

Affected products

• Exponent CMS: 2.4.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96039
• https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/issues/73
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96039
• https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/issues/73

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