What is CVE-2016-10508?

CVE-2016-10508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpthumb Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-10508?

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

XSS in Phpthumb Project

CVE-2016-10508

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpThumb() before 1.7.14 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via parameters in demo/phpThumb.demo.showpic.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-08-31 · 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: 0.008 (55.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phpthumb Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/JamesHeinrich/phpThumb/commit/162ae709162be3e6c4d942313a278ca5cbdb8e… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10508?: CVE-2016-10508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpthumb Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-10508?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.