01 Record
CVE-2016-2784
CMS Made Simple 2.x before 2.1.3 and 1.x before 1.12.2, when Smarty Cache is activated, allow remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks, modify links, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
CMS Made Simple 2.x before 2.1.3 and 1.x before 1.12.2, when Smarty Cache is activated, allow remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks, modify links, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.2% 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.
04 Metadata
- 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
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136897/CMS-Made-Simple-Cache-Poisoning.html
- seclists.org20160506 CVE-2016-2784: CMS Made Simple < 2.1.3 & < 1.12.2 Web server Cache Poisoninghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/15
- 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/threaded
- www.cmsmadesimple.orghttp://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/03/Announcing-CMSMS-1-12-2-kolonia/
- www.exploit-db.com39760https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39760/
- www.cmsmadesimple.orghttp://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/04/Announcing-CMSMS-2-1-3-Black-Point/