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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-7400

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Exponent CMS before 2.4.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) id parameter in an activate_address address controller action, (2) title parameter in a show blog controller action, or (3) content_id parameter in a showComments expComment controller action.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:46 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-7400

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Feb 2017, 15:59 UTC

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Exponent CMS before 2.4.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) id parameter in an activate_address address controller action, (2) title parameter in a show blog controller action, or (3) content_id parameter in a showComments expComment controller action.

osv:CVE-2016-7400
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:56.372165460Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40412/",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379834,
  "published_at": "2017-02-07T15:59:00.507+00:00"
}