What is CVE-2016-10986?

CVE-2016-10986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nerdcow Tweet Wheel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2016-10986?

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

Is CVE-2016-10986 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Nerdcow Tweet Wheel

CVE-2016-10986

The tweet-wheel plugin before 1.0.3.3 for WordPress has XSS via consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token, and access_token_secret.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Nerdcow Tweet_wheel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10986?: CVE-2016-10986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nerdcow Tweet Wheel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2016-10986?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10986 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.