What is CVE-2016-10953?

CVE-2016-10953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Headwaythemes Headway, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-10953?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10953 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Headwaythemes Headway

CVE-2016-10953

The Headway theme before 3.8.9 for WordPress has XSS via the license key field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Headwaythemes Headway
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10953?: CVE-2016-10953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Headwaythemes Headway, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-10953?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10953 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.