vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: connections: CVE-2016-0770: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Try Surface Command

Back to search

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Feb 1, 2016

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/admin/pages/manage.php in the Connections Business Directory plugin before 8.5.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the s variable.

Solution

connections-plugin-cve-2016-0770

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0770
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/070fd387-c0ca-47bf-a37a-530c1ffdb6ed?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-0786
CVE-2016-0770
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-0770
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2016-0786

Rapid7 Labs

2026 Global Threat Landscape Report

The predictive window has collapsed. Exploitation follows disclosure in days. See how attackers are accelerating and how to stay ahead.

Get report