CVE-2016-1160 WP Favorite Posts <= 1.6.5 - Unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting

MediumCVSS 6.1 EPSS 1.5%

Published: 2016-03-26 03:00
Updated: 2026-06-17 03:41
Exploit status: No public exploit known

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Favorite Posts plugin before 1.6.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
wordpress wp-favorite-posts(WordPress)	< 1.6.6	1.6.6
wp favorite posts project wp favorite posts	<= 1.6.2	No fix listed

References

Wordfence Intelligence third-party-advisory
www.cve.org
JVN#86517621 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
JVNDB-2016-000034 third-party-advisory vdb-entry vendor-advisory
wordpress.org patch vendor-advisory

CVSS v3.1

6.1 Medium

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

All scores (3)

v3.1 6.1 · nvd@nist.gov
v3.1 6.1 · wordfence
v2.0 4.3 · nvd@nist.gov

Weakness & likelihood

EPSS (exploitation probability, 30 days): 1.49% (percentile 74.5)
CWE: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Public exploit references

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No public exploit references known.