CVE-2016-1564

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 86.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. 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

2016-05-22 01:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:02Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-08

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9b988795aea728c927c223dc8d8960c72503b371584e9ce7c9228776629becb2

• www.securitytracker.com1034622http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034622vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• codex.wordpress.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.1x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3444http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3444vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160108 Re: CVE Request: WordPress: cross-site scripting vulnerability fixed in new 4.4.1 releasehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• twitter.comhttp://twitter.com/brutelogic/statuses/685105483397619713x_refsource_MISC
• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8358x_refsource_MISC
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2016/01/wordpress-4-4-1-security-and-maintenance-release/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• core.trac.wordpress.orghttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36185x_refsource_CONFIRM