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CVE-2016-1160: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Favorite Posts plugin before 1.6.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

medium Affects wp-favorite-posts (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Favorite Posts plugin before 1.6.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Package
wp-favorite-posts (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=1.6.2
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (74.0th percentile)
Published
2016-03-26
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordwp-favorite-posts (WordPress plugin) advisories

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