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CVE-2016-10983

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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-287

Description

The ghost plugin before 0.5.6 for WordPress has no access control for wp-admin/tools.php?ghostexport=true downloads of exported data.

Affected products

• TryGhost Ghost: before 0.5.6 — fixed in 0.5.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: TryGhost Ghost 0.5.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136887/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ghost/#developers
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136887/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ghost/#developers

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