CVE-2016-1000131

Exp

Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin e-search v1.0

Published: 2016-10-10 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-1000131 is rated High Exploit Risk (68/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.15%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-1000131

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-1000131

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-04 2.93% 2.15% -0.77%
2 2026-03-01 2.15% 2.93% +0.77%
3 2026-02-04 2.15%

Full EPSS history (39 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-1000131

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-1000131

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-1000131

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
e-search_project esearch 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:e-search_project:esearch:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2016-1000131

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93867 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=393 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/e-search Not Applicable
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