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CVE-2016-10873

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The wp-database-backup plugin before 4.3.3 for WordPress has XSS.

Affected products

• databasebackup WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP: before 4.3.3 — fixed in 4.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: databasebackup WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP 4.3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-database-backup/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9739
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-database-backup/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9739

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