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CVE-2016-10940

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CVE-2016-10940 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in version 1.0 of the zm-gallery plugin for WordPress, allowing attackers to manipulate database queries. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, and could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for detection, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zm-gallery_project:zm-gallery:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2016-10940 · Feb 2, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0560 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 5,530 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lenonleite.com.br / en/2016/12/16/zm-gallery-1-plugin-wordpress-blind-injection
ExploitThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org / plugins/zm-gallery
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