PT-2019-7769 · WordPress · Safe-Editor Plugin

Published 2019-09-17 · Updated 2019-09-18 · CVE-2016-10976

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress safe-editor plugin versions prior to 1.2

Description The issue concerns a lack of authentication in the safe-editor plugin, leading to a potential XSS exploit.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2, update the safe-editor plugin to version 1.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10976

Affected Products

Safe-Editor Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8497 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10976 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10976 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-editor/#developers · Note