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CVE-2016-10985

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10985 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the echosign plugin, version 1.2 and earlier, for WordPress, specifically through the 'id' parameter in templates/add_templates.php. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts into a user's browser, requiring user interaction, potentially leading to information disclosure or session hijacking. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smackcoders:echo_sign:*:*:*:*:*: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
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0137 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 26,209 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

0x62626262.wordpress.com / 2016/04/21/echosign-plugin-for-wordpress-xss-vulnerability
ExploitThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org / plugins/echosign
Release Notes
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8465
Third Party Advisory