CVE-2016-10973 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Brafton plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions prior to 3.4.8. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts via the 'tab' parameter in the admin interface, requiring user interaction to trigger. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code like Metasploit or ExploitDB, Nuclei templates exist for detection. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting low public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:brafton:brafton:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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.
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.