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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:post_indexer_project:post_indexer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.