CVE-2016-7982
Directory traversal vulnerability in ecrire/exec/valider_xml.php in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate the files on the system via the var_url parameter in a valider_xml action.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in ecrire/exec/valider_xml.php in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate the files on the system via the var_url parameter in a valider_xml action.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 20.52% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 October 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- spip/spip
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 15.7% on 21 September 2026 to 20.5% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93451Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23200Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2016-10-19-spip-3-1-1-3-1-2-file-enumeration-path-traversal-cve-2016-7982/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93451Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23200Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2016-10-19-spip-3-1-1-3-1-2-file-enumeration-path-traversal-cve-2016-7982/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.