CVE-2016-7998

Status: ModifiedHigh (8.8)—Exploit

Severity8.8High · CVSS 3.0

Exploitation probability13 %higher than 96% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

The SPIP template composer/compiler in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading an HTML file with a crafted (1) INCLUDE or (2) INCLURE tag and then accessing it with a valider_xml action.

CVSS

Base score: 8.8
Version: 3.0
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 13 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 96
Score date: 10/31/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · SPIP 3.1.2 Template Compiler/Composer - PHP Code Execution (10/20/2016)

Affected technologies (1)

Spip — Spip

CWEs

CWE-20

References

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