Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2016-10982 is a reported cross-site request forgery issue in the Kento Post View Counter WordPress plugin through version 2.8. A logged-in administrator could potentially be tricked into changing plugin settings. The public data does not provide a severity score, patch version, or evidence of active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted WordPress plugin risk with incomplete public detail. Prioritize quick inventory and removal or vendor-guidance review over emergency response unless internal evidence shows exposure or suspicious admin activity.
Technical view
The CVE describes CSRF affecting the WordPress admin settings page for kento-post-view-counter through 2.8. The likely impact is unauthorized settings changes performed through an authenticated administrator’s browser session. Public sources in the bundle do not include CVSS, CWE mapping, detailed impact, exploit status, or confirmed remediation.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites with the Kento Post View Counter plugin installed, especially versions through 2.8. Sites without this plugin are not indicated as affected by the provided sources.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. CSRF generally requires a privileged user to be authenticated and induced to interact with attacker-controlled content, but the sources do not provide exploit details.
Researcher notes
The record is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, patch reference, or exploit evidence is included. Analysis should stay constrained to CSRF on the plugin settings page through version 2.8 and avoid assuming broader WordPress impact.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for Kento Post View Counter installations.
- Check whether installed versions are through 2.8.
- Review the WordPress plugin page and vendor guidance for remediation.
- Remove or disable the plugin if it is unnecessary.
- Warn administrators not to follow untrusted links while logged in.
Validation and detection
- Confirm plugin presence and version on each WordPress instance.
- Review plugin settings for unexpected changes.
- Check WordPress admin logs for unusual settings activity, if available.
- Verify whether the plugin remains required for business operations.
- Document any affected sites and remediation decisions.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/kento-post-view-counter/#developersCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/16/3CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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