What is CVE-2016-10112?

CVE-2016-10112 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Woocommerce, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-01-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-10112?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10112 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Woocommerce

CVE-2016-10112

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WooCommerce plugin before 2.6.9 for WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by providing crafted tax-rate table values in CSV format.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-01-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.2% 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

Woocommerce

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95292 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10112?: CVE-2016-10112 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Woocommerce, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-10112?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10112 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.