CVE-2016-20074

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-15. the CNA's CVSS baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:vulncheck, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
4.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

WordPress Lazy Content Slider Plugin 3.4 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions by crafting malicious HTML forms. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into submitting POST requests to the plugin settings page via lzcs_admin.php to modify plugin configuration parameters like lzcs_color and lzcs_count.

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3(medium)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity43% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 15, 2026

Last Modified

July 28, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 15, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

WordPress Lazy Content Slider Plugin 3.4 CSRF | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-lazy-content-slider-plugin-csrf
generic🟡 PoC Available

WordPress Plugin Lazy Content Slider 3.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add Catetory) - PHP webapps Exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40070

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-20074(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 64× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 137 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-27 14:20 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-08-24 23:39 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-24 23:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  7. 2026-08-23 00:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-08-21 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-20 12:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  16. 2026-08-16 22:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-08-15 23:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-08-14 21:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-08-13 22:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-12 18:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-12 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-08-03 08:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  27. 2026-08-02 08:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  30. 2026-08-01 08:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  39. 2026-07-29 04:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  41. 2026-07-28 01:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  43. 2026-07-26 20:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-07-26 14:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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  56. 2026-07-16 23:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  59. 2026-07-15 19:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  66. 2026-07-13 19:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  74. 2026-07-07 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-07-07 00:27 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2016-20074?
CVE-2016-20074 is a medium vulnerability published on June 15, 2026. WordPress Lazy Content Slider Plugin 3.4 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions by crafting malicious HTML forms. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into submitting POST requests to the plugin settings page via…
When was CVE-2016-20074 disclosed?
CVE-2016-20074 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 15, 2026, with the most recent update on July 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2016-20074 actively exploited?
CVE-2016-20074 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-20074?
CVE-2016-20074 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 4.3 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2016-20074?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-20074, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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