CVE-2016-20066

WordPress CP Polls 1.0.8 Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS 5.1 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-79

Vexday Risk Score

33Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

Exploit maturity

Proof of concept

Public proof of concept exists, but not yet automated.

CVSS 5.1EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

15 Jun 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

WordPress CP Polls 1.0.8 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts through unsanitized file upload functionality. Attackers can upload files containing script payloads with event handlers like onerror attributes to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browsers of users viewing the affected content.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Affected products

dwbooster · CP Polls

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/39513unverified

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References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39513 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-cp-polls-persistent-cross-site-scripting