{"id":"CVE-2016-2784","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2784","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:46.500Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2016-05-26T14:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:44:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["cmsmadesimple/cms made simple"],"epss":{"score":0.02451,"percentile":0.84269,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-05-04","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":39760,"kind":"exploit","title":"CMS Made Simple < 1.12.1 / < 2.1.3 - Web Server Cache Poisoning","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39760","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/39760.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/39760.txt","published":"2016-05-04","added":"2016-05-04","updated":"2016-05-04","author":"Mickaël Walter","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-2784"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comcmsms-2.1.2-install.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136897/CMS-Made-Simple-Cache-Poisoning.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/15","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/03/Announcing-CMSMS-1-12-2-kolonia/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/04/Announcing-CMSMS-2-1-3-Black-Point/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538272/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39760/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136897/CMS-Made-Simple-Cache-Poisoning.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/15","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/03/Announcing-CMSMS-1-12-2-kolonia/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/04/Announcing-CMSMS-2-1-3-Black-Point/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538272/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39760/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2784","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}