Is CVE-2016-10968 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-10968 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-10968?

CVE-2016-10968 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-10968?

CVE-2016-10968 has an EPSS score of 1.58% (72th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10968?

Upgrade peepso to 1.6.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-10968

HIGHEPSS 72th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

peepsoNVD

Affected:< 1.6.1Fixed in:1.6.1CVE-2016-10968derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.58%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.