CVE-2017-5879: Exponentcms Exponent CMS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Exponentcms Exponent CMS: version 2.4.1 only

Published 2017-02-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.