CVE-2016-9182

High

Description

Exponent CMS 2.4 uses PHP reflection to call a method of a controller class, and then uses the method name to check user permission. But, the method name in PHP reflection is case insensitive, and Exponent CMS permits undefined actions to execute by default, so an attacker can use a capitalized method name to bypass the permission check, e.g., controller=expHTMLEditor&action=preview&editor=ckeditor and controller=expHTMLEditor&action=Preview&editor=ckeditor. An anonymous user will be rejected for the former but can access the latter.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductExponentcms Exponent Cms
PublishedNov 4, 2016
First seenNov 4, 2016

How to fix

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
exponentcms exponent_cms2.4.0—

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