CVE-2016-7791 in CMS

Summary

Exponent CMS 2.3.9 suffers from a remote code execution vulnerability in /install/index.php. An attacker can upload an evil 'exploit.tar.gz' file to the website, then extract it by visiting '/install/index.php?install_sample=../../files/exploit', which leads to arbitrary code execution.

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• Reservation: 09/09/2016
• Disclosure: 01/12/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-95250
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.5
• EPSS: 0.03300
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7791
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7791
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-7791/