What is CVE-2016-1000140?

CVE-2016-1000140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in New-Year-Firework Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-1000140?

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

Is CVE-2016-1000140 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in New-Year-Firework Project

CVE-2016-1000140

Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin new-year-firework v1.1.9

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-10-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.034 (88.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000

Affected products

New-Year-Firework Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
wordpress.org/plugins/new-year-firework (Not Applicable)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93817 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1000140?: CVE-2016-1000140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in New-Year-Firework Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-1000140?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1000140 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.