CVE-2016-15027

low-risk
Published 2023-02-20

A vulnerability was found in meta4creations Post Duplicator Plugin 2.18 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function mtphr_post_duplicator_notice of the file includes/notices.php. The manipulation of the argument post-duplicated leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.19 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2d93bfeff3dd96f594. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221496.

Do I need to act?

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0.35% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 3.5/10 Low
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Post Duplicator

Affected Vendors

Metaphorcreations

References (8)

Patch https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/commit/ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2...
Release Notes https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/releases/tag/2.19
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221496
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.221496
Patch https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/commit/ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2...
Release Notes https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/releases/tag/2.19
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221496
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.221496
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low-risk
Severity 16/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal