Security advisory

{
  "id": "c89be526e8d775a1b7b3910676dcd0e6382954154217fa64361bd266b714f750",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7790",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-7790",
    "summary": "Exponent CMS 2.3.9 suffers from a remote code execution vulnerability in /install/index.php. An attacker can upload 'php' file to the website through uploader_paste.php, then overwrite /framework/conf/config.php, which leads to arbitrary code execution.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-7790",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-7790",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-7790"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "e4f3d5129dac15d1d634008f504055e2cf062c65"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "e4f3d5129dac15d1d634008f504055e2cf062c65"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.3.9"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.3.9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.3.9",
            "v2.3.9"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7790.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:23.848351920Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-7790",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431020,
  "published_at": "2017-01-12T22:59:00.157+00:00"
}