CVE-2016-10957
The Akal theme through 2016-08-22 for WordPress has XSS via the framework/brad-shortcodes/tinymce...
The Akal theme through 2016-08-22 for WordPress has XSS via the framework/brad-shortcodes/tinymce/preview.php sc parameter.
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 Akal theme through 2016-08-22 for WordPress has XSS via the framework/brad-shortcodes/tinymce/preview.php sc parameter.
- Record
CVE-2016-10957- 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 Akal theme through 2016-08-22 for WordPress has XSS via the framework/brad-shortcodes/tinymce/preview.php sc parameter.
- Record
CVE-2016-10957- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1948 No score
The Akal theme through 2016-08-22 for WordPress has XSS via the framework/brad-shortcodes/tinymce/preview.php sc parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1948- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fhc7-5c9g-xmq3
The Akal theme through 2016-08-22 for WordPress has XSS via the framework/brad-shortcodes/tinymce...
The Akal theme through 2016-08-22 for WordPress has XSS via the framework/brad-shortcodes/tinymce/preview.php sc parameter.
- Record
GHSA-fhc7-5c9g-xmq3- 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 - 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-2016-10957 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Akal Project Akal, published September 16, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.02%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.