8.8high

CVE-2016-10968

The peepso-core plugin before 1.6.1 for WordPress has PeepSoProfilePreferencesAjax->save() privilege escalation.

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.6%
percentile 76%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The peepso-core plugin before 1.6.1 for WordPress has PeepSoProfilePreferencesAjax->save() privilege escalation.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.58% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.18.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

  • wordpress.org /plugins/peepso-core/#developers · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • pritect.net /blog/peepso-1-6-0-logged-user-privilege-escalation · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.