Medium severity · published Sep 17, 2019
CVE-2016-10983
The ghost plugin before 0.5.6 for WordPress has no access control for wp-admin/tools.php?ghostexport=true downloads of exported data
6.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
Ghost · Ghost
before 0.5.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10983
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10983
Exploit
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136887/
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ghost/#developers
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