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CVE-2016-4833

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Nofollow Links plugin before 1.0.11 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Nofollow Links Project — Nofollow Links

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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