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CVE-2016-10988

• 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 leenkme plugin before 2.6.0 for WordPress has stored XSS via facebook_message, facebook_linkname, facebook_caption, facebook_description, default_image, or _wp_http_referer.

Affected products

• Lew Ayotte leenk.me: before 2.6.0 — fixed in 2.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Lew Ayotte leenk.me 2.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/leenkme/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8457
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/16/4
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/leenkme/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8457
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/16/4

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