What is CVE-2012-10016?

CVE-2012-10016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Halulu Simple-Download-Button-Shortcode, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-10-17.

How severe is CVE-2012-10016?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2012-10016 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Halulu Simple-Download-Button-Shortcode

CVE-2012-10016

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Halulu simple-download-button-shortcode Plugin 1.0 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the file simple-download-button_dl.php of the component Download Handler. The manipulation of the argument file leads to information disclosure. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 1.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as e648a8706818297cf02a665ae0bae1c069dea5f1. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-242190 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2023-10-17 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Halulu Simple-Download-Button-Shortcode — versions 1.0
Halulu Simple-Download-Button-Shortcode Plugin — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

vuldb.com/ (Permissions Required, technical-description, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required)
github.com/wp-plugins/simple-download-button-shortcode/commit/e648a8706818297cf… (Patch, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-10016?: CVE-2012-10016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Halulu Simple-Download-Button-Shortcode, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-10-17.
How severe is CVE-2012-10016?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2012-10016 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.