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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-7452

The Pixidou Image Editor in Exponent CMS prior to v2.3.9 patch 2 could be used to upload a malicious file to any folder on the site via a cpi directory traversal.

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CVE-2016-7452
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31 Oct 2026, 09:40 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-7452

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Nov 2016, 10:59 UTC

The Pixidou Image Editor in Exponent CMS prior to v2.3.9 patch 2 could be used to upload a malicious file to any folder on the site via a cpi directory traversal.

osv:CVE-2016-7452
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7452",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2016-7452",
    "summary": "The Pixidou Image Editor in Exponent CMS prior to v2.3.9 patch 2 could be used to upload a malicious file to any folder on the site via a cpi directory traversal.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-7452",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:31.351936785Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/releases/tag/v2.4.0",
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      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379459,
  "published_at": "2016-11-03T10:59:07.543+00:00"
}