Security advisory

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  "id": "30c9a8fd0a4d8298e75eeaf967a9a7a46b0745c8cfd674ff8ed68c6e30db8183",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8897",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-8897",
    "summary": "Exponent CMS version 2.3.9 suffers from a sql injection vulnerability in framework/modules/help/controllers/helpController.php.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-8897",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-8897",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-8897"
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      "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"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "fdafb5ec97838e4edbd685f587f28d3174ebb3db"
                }
              ],
              "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"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "fdafb5ec97838e4edbd685f587f28d3174ebb3db"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.3.9",
            "v2.3.9"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8897.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:30.875686756Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/fdafb5ec97838e4edbd685f587f28d3174ebb3db"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-8897",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379449,
  "published_at": "2019-05-23T19:29:00.29+00:00"
}