CVE-2016-2784

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

2.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 83.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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

2016-05-26 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-29

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9e9b9ef93e14f4f3aba1867ca537acf8546d6fc50ab6a56482cfc7832eae6b21

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136897/CMS-Made-Simple-Cache-Poisoning.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20160506 CVE-2016-2784: CMS Made Simple < 2.1.3 & < 1.12.2 Web server Cache Poisoninghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/15mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securityfocus.com20160504 CVE-2016-2784: CMS Made Simple < 2.1.3 & < 1.12.2 Web server Cache Poisoninghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538272/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.cmsmadesimple.orghttp://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/03/Announcing-CMSMS-1-12-2-kolonia/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com39760https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39760/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.cmsmadesimple.orghttp://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/04/Announcing-CMSMS-2-1-3-Black-Point/x_refsource_CONFIRM