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CVE-2016-8898

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8898 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting Exponent CMS version 2.3.9, specifically within the framework/modules/ecommerce/controllers/cartController.php component. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation (KEV) are reported, and community discussion is minimal, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 77/100 indicates significant potential danger.

Impacted Technologies

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

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
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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

github.com / exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/99636b2118cd9af4eb9920f6b6c228bd824593d2
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/5
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory