CVE-2016-10893
The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX...
The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX requests.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX requests.
- Record
CVE-2016-10893- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX requests.
- Record
CVE-2016-10893- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1887 No score
The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX requests.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1887- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9vrc-fp9c-h6q7
The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX...
The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX requests.
- Record
GHSA-9vrc-fp9c-h6q7- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX requests.
- Record
CVE-2016-10893- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10893 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Crayon Syntax Highlighter Project Syntax Highlighter, published August 20, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.52%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.