What is CVE-2015-9516?

CVE-2015-9516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2015-9516?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-9516 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads

CVE-2015-9516

The Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) Invoices extension for WordPress, as used with EDD 1.8.x before 1.8.7, 1.9.x before 1.9.10, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, 2.2.x before 2.2.9, and 2.3.x before 2.3.7, has XSS because add_query_arg is misused.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-10-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

web.archive.org/web/20160921003517/https://easydigitaldownloads.com/blog/securi… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9516?: CVE-2015-9516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2015-9516?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-9516 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.