Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-15027
A vulnerability was found in meta4creations Post Duplicator Plugin 2.18 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function mtphr_post_duplicator_notice of the file includes/notices.php. The manipulation of the argument post-duplicated leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.19 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2d93bfeff3dd96f594. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221496.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2016-15027
- cpe:2.3:a:metaphorcreations:post_duplicator:2.18:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-15027
0.09%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 37 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2016-15027
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
8.0
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2.9
|
VulDB | |
3.5
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LOW | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
2.1
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1.4
|
VulDB | |
3.5
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LOW | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
2.1
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1.4
|
VulDB | 2024-02-29 |
6.1
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.8
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2.7
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2016-15027
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by:
- cna@vuldb.com (Secondary)
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2016-15027
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https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/releases/tag/2.19
Release 2.19 · meta4creations/post-duplicator · GitHubRelease Notes
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https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221496
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https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/commit/ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2d93bfeff3dd96f594
XSS vulnerability fix · meta4creations/post-duplicator@ca67c05 · GitHubPatch
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https://vuldb.com/?id.221496
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