VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-2242

critical
Published 2017-01-23 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Exponent CMS 2.x before 2.3.7 Patch 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the sc parameter to install/index.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23290

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.exponentcms.org/news/show/title/security-notice-closing-an-exponent-security-vulnerability

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.exponentcms.org/news/patch-3-released-for-v2-3-7

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135721/Exponent-2.3.7-PHP-Code-Execution.html

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.0.0
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.0.1
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.0.2
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.0.3
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.0.4
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.0.5
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.0.6
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.0.7
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.0.8
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.0.9
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.1.0
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.1.1
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.1.2
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.1.3
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.1.4
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.2.0
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.2.1
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.2.2
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.2.3
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.3.0
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.3.1
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.3.2
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.3.3
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.3.4
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.3.5
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.3.7
exponentcmsexponent_cms2.3.8

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.