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CVE-2016-10957

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10957 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Akal WordPress theme, specifically affecting versions through August 22, 2016, via the 'sc' parameter in framework/brad-shortcodes/tinymce/preview.php. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requires user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating low current threat activity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2016-08-22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:akal_project:akal:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0102 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 26,208 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8607
ExploitThird Party Advisory
saotn.org / wordpress-advisory-akal-theme-xss-vulnerability
ExploitThird Party Advisory