CVE-2016-2242

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

6.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 93.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-01-23 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c00bfc0cbab6bedcaf751ffa040cae3a0d3cce4eaeda783bcb9cf5fc51e97292

• www.exponentcms.orghttp://www.exponentcms.org/news/show/title/security-notice-closing-an-exponent-security-vulnerabilityx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exponentcms.orghttp://www.exponentcms.org/news/patch-3-released-for-v2-3-7x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com20160210 Remote Code Execution in Exponenthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537499/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135721/Exponent-2.3.7-PHP-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.htbridge.comhttps://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23290x_refsource_MISC