CVE-2016-5727

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

1.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 72.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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

2017-02-09 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-18

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

b96e005412d44434cee66c5d6dc49a092af0f19aef8b6ae17c96bb283d52b93b

• github.comhttps://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/issues/3522x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/commit/19e560b9f3e8fc6d7d9d60c1ff617b5ed5c08008#diff-513c4f9c501cbefcc14420c01848f23cx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160618 Re: Simple Machines Forums - PHP Object Injectionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/18/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160610 Simple Machines Forums - PHP Object Injectionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST