CVE-2016-10990: The wp-cerber plugin before 2.7 for WordPress has XSS via the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header.

medium Affects wp-cerber (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.3, updated 2026-10-29; published 2019-09-17; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The wp-cerber plugin before 2.7 for WordPress has XSS via the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header.

Package: wp-cerber (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <2.7
Fixed in: 2.7
Severity: medium CVSS 6.1
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (72.7th percentile)
Published: 2019-09-17
Source: nvd

References

CWE-79

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