CVE-2016-7790

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Exponent CMS 2.3.9 suffers from a remote code execution vulnerability in /install/index.php. An attacker can upload 'php' file to the website through uploader_paste.php, then overwrite /framework/conf/config.php, which leads to arbitrary code execution.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 12, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-7790: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix