Privilege escalation in Peepso
CVE-2016-10968
The peepso-core plugin before 1.6.1 for WordPress has PeepSoProfilePreferencesAjax->save() privilege escalation.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wordpress.org/plugins/peepso-core/ (Product, Third Party Advisory)
- www.pritect.net/blog/peepso-1-6-0-logged-user-privilege-escalation (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-10968?
- CVE-2016-10968 is a high-severity vulnerability in Peepso, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-16.
- How severe is CVE-2016-10968?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-10968 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.