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CVE-2016-10893

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10893 describes multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Crayon Syntax Highlighter plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 2.8.4. Rated as a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.1, it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to achieve partial impact on confidentiality and integrity. Despite its potential, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:crayon_syntax_highlighter_project:crayon_syntax_highlighter:*:*:*:*:*: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
1.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0152 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / aramk/crayon-syntax-highlighter/commit/7fdb2e6b4c65178b4ed01ff08a8a38afe5a5151e
Product
github.com / aramk/crayon-syntax-highlighter/issues/347
Issue TrackingPatch
wordpress.org / plugins/crayon-syntax-highlighter
Release Notes