CVE-2016-10953
The Headway theme before 3.8.9 for WordPress has XSS via the license key field.
The Headway theme before 3.8.9 for WordPress has XSS via the license key field.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Headway theme before 3.8.9 for WordPress has XSS via the license key field.
- Record
CVE-2016-10953- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Headway theme before 3.8.9 for WordPress has XSS via the license key field.
- Record
CVE-2016-10953- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1944 No score
The Headway theme before 3.8.9 for WordPress has XSS via the license key field.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1944- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gq8c-39h5-8qvq
The Headway theme before 3.8.9 for WordPress has XSS via the license key field.
The Headway theme before 3.8.9 for WordPress has XSS via the license key field.
- Record
GHSA-gq8c-39h5-8qvq- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10953 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Headwaythemes Headway, published September 13, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.