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CVE-2016-10960

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The wsecure plugin before 2.4 for WordPress has remote code execution via shell metacharacters in the wsecure-config.php publish parameter.

Affected products

• Ajay Lulia wSecure Lite: before 2.4 — fixed in 2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ajay Lulia wSecure Lite 2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wsecure/#developers
• https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/07/12/remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-in-wsecure-lite/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wsecure/#developers
• https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/07/12/remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-in-wsecure-lite/

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