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CVE-2016-10986

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% 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 tweet-wheel plugin before 1.0.3.3 for WordPress has XSS via consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token, and access_token_secret.

Affected products

• Nerdcow Tweet Wheel: before 1.0.3.3 — fixed in 1.0.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Nerdcow Tweet Wheel 1.0.3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://0x62626262.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/tweet-wheel-xss-vulnerability/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-wheel/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8464
• https://0x62626262.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/tweet-wheel-xss-vulnerability/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-wheel/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8464

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