CVE-2016-9182

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

published November 4, 2016

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
72.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01406 · 72.4th percentile
Published
2016-11-04T10:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 NOV 10:00Z
    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
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