CVE-2016-11001 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user-submitted-posts plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions prior to 20160215. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts via the user-submitted-content field, requiring user interaction to trigger and potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 20160215CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:*:*:*:*:*: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
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