Is CVE-2016-11001 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-11001 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-11001?

CVE-2016-11001 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-11001?

CVE-2016-11001 has an EPSS score of 1.18% (64th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-11001?

Upgrade user submitted posts to 20160215 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-11001

MEDIUM

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The user-submitted-posts plugin before 20160215 for WordPress has XSS via the user-submitted-content field.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

user submitted postsNVD

Affected:< 20160215Fixed in:20160215CVE-2016-11001derived 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 RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

64thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 64% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

securityfocus.com

Third-Party Advisory1

wordpress.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	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.