Vulnerability CVE-2021-38751


Published: 2021-08-16

Description:
A HTTP Host header attack exists in ExponentCMS 2.6 and below in /exponent_constants.php. A modified HTTP header can change links on the webpage to an arbitrary value, leading to a possible attack vector for MITM.

Type:

CWE-116

(Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Exponentcms -> Exponentcms 

 References:
https://github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/issues/1544

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