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CVE-2016-10953
The Headway theme before 3.8.9 for WordPress has XSS via the license key field.
Medium5.4EPSS 0.76%
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- mitre
Description
The Headway theme before 3.8.9 for WordPress has XSS via the license key field.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.76% · top 45% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8641 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wptavern.com/headway-3-8-9-patches-potential-xss-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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