What is CVE-2016-10893?

CVE-2016-10893 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Crayon Syntax Highlighter Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-10893?

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

Is CVE-2016-10893 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Crayon Syntax Highlighter Project

CVE-2016-10893

The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX requests.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.015 (72.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Crayon_syntax_highlighter_project Crayon_syntax_highlighter
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10893?: CVE-2016-10893 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Crayon Syntax Highlighter Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-10893?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10893 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.