CVE-2016-15041 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MainWP Dashboard plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 3.1.2. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity if a user accesses an injected page. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, a Nuclei template exists, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mainwp:mainwp_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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.