CVE-2017-18213 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Exponent CMS versions prior to 2.4.1 Patch #6, allowing certain administrative users to elevate their privileges within the system. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, posing a significant risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.4.1:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.4.1:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.4.1:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.4.1:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.