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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-15041

MainWP Dashboard -The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance Plugin mwp_setup_purchase_username' Parameter Vulnerability

Published Oct 15, 2024 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2024 · MainWP MainWP Dashboard -The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance Plugin

Patch now

CVE-2016-15041 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm MainWP MainWP Dashboard -The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.34%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor MainWP MainWP Dashboard -The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance Plugin

The MainWP Dashboard -The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'mwp_setup_purchase_username' parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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  • vendor MainWP MainWP Dashboard -The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance Pluginversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-15041

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-15041 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm MainWP MainWP Dashboard -The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.34%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 15, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The MainWP Dashboard -The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'mwp_setup_purchase_username' parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that wi

  2. Oct 15, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-15041

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-15041

    30-day exploitation probability 1.3%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-15041

    The MainWP Dashboard -The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'mwp_setup_purchase_username' parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization an

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.