Check Point Advisories

Exponent CMS SQL Injection (CVE-2017-7991)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2017-0398
Date Published: 9 May 2017
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 18 January, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2017-7991
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? exponent CMS 2.4.1 and prior
Vulnerability Description An SQL injection vulnerability exists in Exponent CMS. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Exponent CMS SQL Injection (CVE-2017-7991) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Exponent CMS SQL Injection (CVE-2017-7991)

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