Security advisory

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  "id": "a6a6fa476453b7d61efaacad07ee9042c9c8e137441fc35279b25588ce87368e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5879",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-5879",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Exponent CMS 2.4.1. This is a blind SQL injection that can be exploited by un-authenticated users via an HTTP GET request and which can be used to dump database data out to a malicious server, using an out-of-band technique, such as select_loadfile(). The vulnerability affects source_selector.php and the following parameter: src.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-5879",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-5879",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-5879"
      ],
      "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": "b936764438fcd99c75189fd007fe345ad29cf52a"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b936764438fcd99c75189fd007fe345ad29cf52a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:exponentcms:exponent_cms:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.4.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.4.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.4.1",
            "v2.4.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5879.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:02.412191645Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/issues/73"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-5879",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380429,
  "published_at": "2017-02-06T15:59:00.277+00:00"
}