CVE-2016-15041 json
MainWP Dashboard – The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance Plugin <= 3.1.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
published 2024-10-16 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10785
- cvss
- 7.2
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.3%
- EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known, plus a Nuclei check
Summary
The MainWP Dashboard – The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘mwp_setup_purchase_username’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Patch / fix
- mainwp MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies 3.1.3
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- Nuclei template MainWP Dashboard <= 3.1.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template
- klikki.fi https://klikki.fi/adv/mainwp.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- mainwp MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
-
klikki.fi
/adv/mainwp.html
exploit, third-party-advisory
-
wordfence.com
/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9b1445f-3b6b-40fa-9a12-f55d63668dda?source=cve
third-party-advisory
-
acunetix.com
/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-mainwp-dashboard-cross-site-scripting-3-1-2/
third-party-advisory
-
web.archive.org
/web/20191101060009/https%3A//klikki.fi/adv/mainwp.html
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-15041
- NVD CVE-2016-15041
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