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CVE-2016-2784

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2784 describes a cache poisoning vulnerability affecting CMS Made Simple versions 2.x before 2.1.3 and 1.x before 1.12.2 when Smarty Cache is enabled. Attackers can exploit this by crafting a malicious HTTP Host header, leading to cache poisoning, link modification, and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in low impact to confidentiality and integrity. While not on the KEV list or having widespread community discussion, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-39760) exists, suggesting public exploit code availability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cmsmadesimple:cms_made_simple:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cmsmadesimple:cms_made_simple:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cmsmadesimple:cms_made_simple:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cmsmadesimple:cms_made_simple:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cmsmadesimple:cms_made_simple:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39760 · May 4, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/136897/CMS-Made-Simple-Cache-Poisoning.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/May/15
exploit-db.com / exploits/39760
cmsmadesimple.org / 2016/03/Announcing-CMSMS-1-12-2-kolonia
Vendor Advisory
cmsmadesimple.org / 2016/04/Announcing-CMSMS-2-1-3-Black-Point
securityfocus.com / archive/1/538272/100/0/threaded