What is CVE-2016-10959?

CVE-2016-10959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Estatik, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-10959?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10959 known to be exploited?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Estatik

CVE-2016-10959

The estatik plugin before 2.3.1 for WordPress has authenticated arbitrary file upload (exploitable with CSRF) via es_media_images[] to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.011 (62.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Estatik
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10959?: CVE-2016-10959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Estatik, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-10959?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10959 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.