CVE-2016-10959 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The estatik plugin before 2.3.1 for WordPress has authenticated arbitrary file upload (exploitable with CSRF) via es_media_images[] to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Published: 2019-09-16

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:estatik:estatik:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-1950	The estatik plugin before 2.3.1 for WordPress has authenticated arbitrary file upload (exploitable with CSRF) via es_media_images[] to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01105.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/estatik/#developers
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/08/19/authenticated-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-estatik/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Estatik Estatik

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-09-16T12:08:53.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:47:32.957Z

Reserved: 2019-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10959

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-09-16T13:15:10.447

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:40:42.133

Link: CVE-2016-10959

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-434
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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