Is CVE-2016-6565 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-6565 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-6565?

CVE-2016-6565 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-6565?

CVE-2016-6565 has an EPSS score of 2.54% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6565?

Upgrade nextgen gallery to 2.1.57 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-6565

HIGHEPSS 83th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Imagely NextGen Gallery plugin for Wordpress prior to version 2.1.57 does not properly validate user input in the cssfile parameter of a HTTP POST request, which may allow an authenticated user to read arbitrary files from the server, or execute arbitrary code on the server in some circumstances (dependent on server configuration).

CWE-98 CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

nextgen galleryNVD

Affected:< 2.1.57Fixed in:2.1.57CVE-2016-6565derived 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 ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.54%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

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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.