CVE-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 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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mainwp:mainwp_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

23 Dec 2025, 15:47

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First Time Mainwp
Mainwp mainwp Dashboard
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mainwp:mainwp_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
References () https://klikki.fi/adv/mainwp.html - () https://klikki.fi/adv/mainwp.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://web.archive.org/web/20191101060009/https%3A//klikki.fi/adv/mainwp.html - () https://web.archive.org/web/20191101060009/https%3A//klikki.fi/adv/mainwp.html - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-mainwp-dashboard-cross-site-scripting-3-1-2/ - () https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-mainwp-dashboard-cross-site-scripting-3-1-2/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9b1445f-3b6b-40fa-9a12-f55d63668dda?source=cve - () https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9b1445f-3b6b-40fa-9a12-f55d63668dda?source=cve - Third Party Advisory

16 Oct 2024, 16:38

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Summary
  • (es) El complemento MainWP Dashboard – The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance para WordPress es vulnerable a cross-site scripting almacenado a través del parámetro 'mwp_setup_purchase_username' en versiones hasta la 3.1.2 incluida, debido a una desinfección de entrada y un escape de salida insuficientes. Esto permite que atacantes no autenticados inyecten secuencias de comandos web arbitrarias en páginas que se ejecutarán cada vez que un usuario acceda a una página inyectada.

16 Oct 2024, 07:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-10-16 07:15

Updated : 2025-12-23 15:47


NVD link : CVE-2016-15041

Mitre link : CVE-2016-15041

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-15041


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Products Affected

mainwp

  • mainwp_dashboard
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')