Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-3766 - Remote Security vulnerability in Exponent
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
Exponent CMS 0.96.3 and later versions stores sensitive user pages under the web document root with insufficient access control even though certain permissions are specified, which allows attackers to access the pages by browsing uploaded files.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 5 |
Nessus
| NASL family | CGI abuses |
| NASL id | EXPONENT_0964.NASL |
| description | The remote host is running Exponent CMS, an open source content management system written in PHP. The version of Exponent CMS installed on the remote host fails to sanitize input to the |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 20211 |
| published | 2005-11-16 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20211 |
| title | Exponent CMS < 0.96.4 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (XSS, SQLi, Code Exe, Disc) |