THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-10956
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-10956

Mail Masta vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
10.2%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The mail-masta plugin 1.0 for WordPress has local file inclusion in count_of_send.php and csvexport.php.
Affected vendor
Mail Masta Project
Affected product
Mail Masta
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2019-09-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 10.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-10956

  • Confirm whether Mail Masta Project Mail Masta is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-10956.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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