What is CVE-2019-16289?

CVE-2019-16289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webcraftic Woody Ad Snippets, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-16289?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-16289 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Webcraftic Woody Ad Snippets

CVE-2019-16289

The insert-php (aka Woody ad snippets) plugin before 2.2.8 for WordPress allows authenticated XSS via the winp_item parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-09-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.5% 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

Webcraftic Woody Ad Snippets

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/plugins/insert-php/ (Release Notes)
generaleg0x01.com/2019/09/13/xss-woody/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9880 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16289?: CVE-2019-16289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webcraftic Woody Ad Snippets, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-16289?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-16289 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.