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A vulnerability was found in Exponent CMS 2.3.9 (Content Management System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file framework/modules/core/controllers/expTagController.php. The manipulation of the argument change_tags
with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Exponent CMS version 2.3.9 suffers from a Object Injection vulnerability in framework/modules/core/controllers/expTagController.php related to change_tags.
The weakness was released 05/24/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-8900 since 10/24/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
By approaching the search of inurl:framework/modules/core/controllers/expTagController.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 135510.
Product
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Vendor
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Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: InjectionCWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Patch: github.com
Timeline
10/24/2016 🔍05/24/2019 🔍
05/25/2019 🔍
09/24/2023 🔍
Sources
Advisory: fdafb5ec97838e4edbd685f587f28d3174ebb3dbStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2016-8900 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 05/25/2019 09:27Updated: 09/24/2023 12:04
Changes: 05/25/2019 09:27 (37), 06/15/2020 16:40 (18), 09/24/2023 12:04 (5)
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