CVE-2016-20074

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
4.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 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(high)
EPSS
1.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 15, 2026

Last Modified

June 15, 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 18× in last 7d / 59× 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.

  1. 2026-07-07 00:27 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 00:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-05 09:27 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-05 09:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-05 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-04 10:06 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-04 10:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-04 06:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-03 07:20 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-03 07:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-02 07:33 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-02 07:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-01 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-01 08:17 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-01 08:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-06-30 23:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-30 09:00 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-06-30 09:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-06-29 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-29 09:45 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-06-29 09:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-28 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-28 10:29 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-06-28 10:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-28 04:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-27 11:14 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-06-27 11:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-06-27 03:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-06-27 03:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-06-26 11:58 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-06-26 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-06-25 07:04 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-06-25 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-06-24 07:47 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-06-24 07:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-23 08:24 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-06-23 08:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-06-22 14:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-22 09:09 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-06-22 09:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-06-21 09:50 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-06-21 09:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-06-20 10:31 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-06-20 10:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-06-19 11:12 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-06-19 11:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-18 11:54 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-06-18 11:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-17 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-17 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-17 12:39 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-06-17 12:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-16 13:23 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-06-16 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-06-15 14:05 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-06-15 14:03 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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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. 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 1.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-20074?
CVE-2016-20074 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (NVD).
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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