Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2016-1160
Original release date: 03/25/2016
Last revised: 03/28/2016
Source: US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Favorite Posts plugin before 1.6.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 3.0):
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.1 Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Impact Score: 2.7
Exploitability Score: 2.8
CVSS Version 3 Metrics:
Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type: Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favorite-posts/changelog/
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favorite-posts/changelog/
External Source: JVN
Name: JVN#86517621
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink: http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN86517621/index.html
External Source: JVNDB
Name: JVNDB-2016-000034
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink: http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000034
Vulnerable software and versions
+ Configuration 1+ OR* cpe:/a:_wp_favorite_posts_project:_wp_favorite_posts:1.6.2::~~~wordpress~~ and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
Changes related to vulnerability configurations
Technical Details
Vulnerability Type (View All)
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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1160