CVE-2016-7400

critical
Published 2017-02-07 · 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
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Exponent CMS before 2.4.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) id parameter in an activate_address address controller action, (2) title parameter in a show blog controller action, or (3) content_id parameter in a showComments expComment controller action.

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://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/e916702a91a6342bbab483a2be2ba2f11dca3aa3

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://exponentcms.lighthouseapp.com/projects/61783/changesets/e916702a91a6342bbab483a2be2ba2f11dca3aa3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
exponentcmsexponent_cms{"endIncluding":"2.3.9"}

References

CWEs

CWE-89

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