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CVE-2016-10976

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The safe-editor plugin before 1.2 for WordPress has no se_save authentication, with resultant XSS.

Affected products

• Kodebyraaet Safe Editor: before 1.2 — fixed in 1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kodebyraaet Safe Editor 1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-editor/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8497
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-editor/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8497

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