THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-16783
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-16783

Cms Made Simple vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
8.0%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
In CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, there is Server-Side Template Injection via the cntnt01detailtemplate parameter.
Affected vendor
Cmsmadesimple
Affected product
Cms Made Simple
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-11-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-16783

  • Confirm whether Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-16783.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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