CVE-2016-15043

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

10.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 95.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-07-19 09:23Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 16:55Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-07-18

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous TypeBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

c5ff8eba9ef71182dba47a40eff22dc4ae565c887d312a6a0dc0184881aaed0d

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a5d5dbd-36f0-4886-adf8-045ec9c2e306?source=cve
• blog.sucuri.nethttps://blog.sucuri.net/2016/06/wp-mobile-detector-vulnerability-being-exploited-in-the-wild.html
• www.pluginvulnerabilities.comhttps://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/05/31/aribitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-wp-mobile-detector/
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mobile-detector/changelog/
• wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e4739674-eed4-417e-8c4d-2f5351b057cf
• aadityapurani.comhttps://aadityapurani.com/2016/06/03/mobile-detector-poc/