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CVE-2016-9288

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9288 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting Exponent CMS v2.4.0 and older versions, specifically within the "DragnDropReRank" function's "target" parameter in navigationController.php. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute arbitrary SQL queries, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and no evidence of active exploitation or community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4.0CPE 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
1.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0149 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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/2ddffb2e7eafe4830e3483a4b437873022c461ba
Issue TrackingPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/94296
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037280