CVE-2016-2242 (GCVE-0-2016-2242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:24
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-01-14 00:00
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