CVE-2016-8897
Exponent CMS version 2.3.9 suffers from a sql injection vulnerability in framework/modules/help...
Exponent CMS version 2.3.9 suffers from a sql injection vulnerability in framework/modules/help/controllers/helpController.php.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Exponent CMS version 2.3.9 suffers from a sql injection vulnerability in framework/modules/help/controllers/helpController.php.
- Record
CVE-2016-8897- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Exponent CMS version 2.3.9 suffers from a sql injection vulnerability in framework/modules/help/controllers/helpController.php.
- Record
CVE-2016-8897- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9722 No score
Exponent CMS version 2.3.9 suffers from a sql injection vulnerability in framework/modules/help/controllers/helpController.php.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9722- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7g2c-539w-w69c
Exponent CMS version 2.3.9 suffers from a sql injection vulnerability in framework/modules/help...
Exponent CMS version 2.3.9 suffers from a sql injection vulnerability in framework/modules/help/controllers/helpController.php.
- Record
GHSA-7g2c-539w-w69c- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Exponent CMS version 2.3.9 suffers from a sql injection vulnerability in framework/modules/help/controllers/helpController.php.
- Record
CVE-2016-8897- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-8897 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, published May 23, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.79%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.