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CVE-2016-7998

45
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7998 affects SPIP versions 3.1.2 and earlier, allowing remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) involves uploading a specially crafted HTML file with an INCLUDE or INCLURE tag and then triggering its execution via a valider_xml action. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spip:spip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-23
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40595 · Oct 20, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1365 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

core.spip.net / projects/spip/repository/revisions/23186
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
core.spip.net / projects/spip/repository/revisions/23189
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
core.spip.net / projects/spip/repository/revisions/23192
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
sysdream.com / news/lab/2016-10-19-spip-3-1-2-template-compiler-composer-php-code-execution-cve-2016-7998
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/17
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/6
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93451
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry