CVE-2016-2784

medium

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) attacks via a crafted HTTP Host header in a request.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39760/

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538272/100/0/threaded

http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/04/Announcing-CMSMS-2-1-3-Black-Point/

http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/03/Announcing-CMSMS-1-12-2-kolonia/

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/15

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136897/CMS-Made-Simple-Cache-Poisoning.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-05-26

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06088