CVE-2016-7791

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

4%p90

Published

Jan 12, 2017 (Jan 12, 2017)

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 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.

Vendors: exponentcms
Products: exponent cms
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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