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CVE-2016-10990

• 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 wp-cerber plugin before 2.7 for WordPress has XSS via the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header.

Affected products

• Wpcerber Cerber Security Antispam & Malware Scan: before 2.7 — fixed in 2.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Wpcerber Cerber Security Antispam & Malware Scan 2.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cerber/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8430
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cerber/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8430

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