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CVE-2016-10886

The wp-editor plugin before 1.2.6 for WordPress has incorrect permissions.

9.8 Critical

The wp-editor plugin before 1.2.6 for WordPress has incorrect permissions.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.00%Up 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

The wp-editor plugin before 1.2.6 for WordPress has incorrect permissions.

Record
CVE-2016-10886
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-264
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The wp-editor plugin before 1.2.6 for WordPress has incorrect permissions.

Record
CVE-2016-10886
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1880 No score

The wp-editor plugin before 1.2.6 for WordPress has incorrect permissions.

Record
EUVD-2016-1880
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hf4m-wpq9-6c3x 9.8

The wp-editor plugin before 1.2.6 for WordPress has incorrect permissions.

The wp-editor plugin before 1.2.6 for WordPress has incorrect permissions.

Record
GHSA-hf4m-wpq9-6c3x
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-10886 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Benjaminrojas Wp Editor, published August 14, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.00%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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