CVE-2017-5879

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
An issue was discovered in Exponent CMS 2.4.1. This is a blind SQL injection that can be exploited by un-authenticated users via an HTTP GET request and which can be used to dump database data out to a malicious server, using an out-of-band technique, such as select_loadfile(). The vulnerability affects source_selector.php and the following parameter: src.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5879
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-06T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-08T18:44:53
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-89 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/issues/73 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96039 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5879
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5879
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:49:17 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:40:07 2017-02-06T15:59Z 2017-02-06T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:40:07 2017-02-08T18:44:53 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:40:07 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated