Is CVE-2016-10983 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-10983 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-10983?

CVE-2016-10983 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-10983?

CVE-2016-10983 has an EPSS score of 1.52% (72th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10983?

Upgrade ghost to 0.5.6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-10983

MEDIUMEPSS 72th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The ghost plugin before 0.5.6 for WordPress has no access control for wp-admin/tools.php?ghostexport=true downloads of exported data.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

ghostNVD

Affected:< 0.5.6Fixed in:0.5.6CVE-2016-10983derived 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

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

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

References

Exploit1

packetstormsecurity.com

Release Notes1

wordpress.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-35082	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-35078	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-7921	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-7593	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-46805	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-40684	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	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.