What is CVE-2016-10736?

CVE-2016-10736 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Devpups Social Pug, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-10736?

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

Is CVE-2016-10736 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Devpups Social Pug

CVE-2016-10736

The "Social Pug - Easy Social Share Buttons" plugin before 1.2.6 for WordPress allows XSS via the wp-admin/admin.php?page=dpsp-toolkit dpsp_message_class parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-01-09 · 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: 0.011 (64.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Devpups Social Pug

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

advisories.dxw.com/advisories/reflected-xss-in-social-pug-easy-social-share-but… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10736?: CVE-2016-10736 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Devpups Social Pug, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-10736?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10736 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.