What is CVE-2016-10978?

CVE-2016-10978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fossura Tag Miner, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2016-10978?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10978 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Fossura Tag Miner

CVE-2016-10978

The fossura-tag-miner plugin before 1.1.5 for WordPress has CSRF.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fossura Tag Miner

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8486 (Third Party Advisory)
wordpress.org/plugins/fossura-tag-miner/ (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10978?: CVE-2016-10978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fossura Tag Miner, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2016-10978?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10978 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.