What is CVE-2016-10957?

CVE-2016-10957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akal Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-10957?

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

Is CVE-2016-10957 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Akal Project

CVE-2016-10957

The Akal theme through 2016-08-22 for WordPress has XSS via the framework/brad-shortcodes/tinymce/preview.php sc parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-09-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Akal Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8607 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.saotn.org/wordpress-advisory-akal-theme-xss-vulnerability/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10957?: CVE-2016-10957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akal Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-10957?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10957 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.