CVE-2016-10960

The wsecure plugin before 2.4 for WordPress has remote code execution via shell metacharacters in the wsecure-config.php publish parameter.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

8.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-20

Published

2019-09-16

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/07/12/remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-…

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2016/CVE-2016-10960.yaml

Security advisories

• https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/07/12/remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-…
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wsecure/#developers

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry