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CVE-2016-7400

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7400 describes multiple critical SQL injection vulnerabilities in Exponent CMS versions prior to 2.4.0, affecting parameters in the address, blog, and expComment controllers. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, and with no reported active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-40412) exists for blind SQL injection. Despite its severity, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40412 · Sep 22, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0465 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

exponentcms.lighthouseapp.com / projects/61783/changesets/e916702a91a6342bbab483a2be2ba2f11dca3aa3
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/e916702a91a6342bbab483a2be2ba2f11dca3aa3
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / exponentcms/exponent-cms/releases/tag/v2.4.0
exploit-db.com / exploits/40412
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93041
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry