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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-10893

The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX requests.

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CVE-2016-10893
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31 Oct 2026, 09:41 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-10893

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Aug 2019, 15:15 UTC

The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX requests.

osv:CVE-2016-10893
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10893",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-10893",
    "summary": "The crayon-syntax-highlighter plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues via AJAX requests.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10893",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "7fdb2e6b4c65178b4ed01ff08a8a38afe5a5151e"
                }
              ],
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
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          ],
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            "1.17",
            "1.15",
            "1.14",
            "1.12",
            "1.11",
            "1.10"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10893.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:35.191745311Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://wordpress.org/plugins/crayon-syntax-highlighter/#developers",
        "https://github.com/aramk/crayon-syntax-highlighter/commit/7fdb2e6b4c65178b4ed01ff08a8a38afe5a5151e",
        "https://github.com/aramk/crayon-syntax-highlighter/issues/347"
      ],
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            ],
            "vendor_product": "crayon_syntax_highlighter_project:crayon_syntax_highlighter",
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              {
                "range": [
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                    "fixed": "2.8.4"
                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "extracted_events": [
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                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2016-10893",
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      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379539,
  "published_at": "2019-08-20T15:15:11.603+00:00"
}