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CVE-2016-10948

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10948 describes a critical vulnerability in the Post Indexer plugin for WordPress, specifically versions prior to 3.0.6.2, stemming from improper handling of data passed to the unserialize function. This flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.1 (High), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker could exploit it remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. While the vulnerability is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog and lacks public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), its low EPSS score and absence of community discussion or media coverage suggest it is not currently under active exploitation or widespread attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:post_indexer_project:post_indexer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

advisories.dxw.com / advisories/unserialisation-in-post-indexer-could-allow-man-in-the-middle-to-execute-arbitrary-code-in-some-circumstances
ExploitThird Party Advisory