CVE-2016-20079

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.26.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.2 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
6.2
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 6.2Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

WordPress Dharma Booking 2.28.3 and earlier contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to include arbitrary files by manipulating the gateway parameter. Attackers can supply file paths with directory traversal sequences or null byte injection to the gateway parameter in proccess.php to read sensitive files like configuration and system files.

CVSS v3
6.2
EG Score
6.2(high)
EPSS
51.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 15, 2026

Last Modified

June 15, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 15, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

WordPress Dharma Booking 2.28.3 Local File Inclusion via proccess.php | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-dharma-booking-local-file-inclusion-via-proccess-php
generic

dharmaBooking a wordpress accomadation reservation plugin – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

https://wordpress.org/plugins/dharma-booking/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-20079(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 20× in last 7d / 72× 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. 2026-07-06 16:24 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-07-05 12:17 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-05 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-05 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-04 11:15 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-04 11:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-04 06:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-03 10:14 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-03 10:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-02 09:13 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-02 09:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-01 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-01 08:13 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-01 08:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-30 23:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-30 07:10 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-06-30 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-29 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-29 06:07 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-06-29 06:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-06-28 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-06-28 04:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-28 04:40 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-06-28 04:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-06-27 03:38 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-06-27 03:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-06-27 03:05 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-06-26 02:23 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-06-26 02:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-06-25 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  13. 2026-06-25 01:22 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-06-25 01:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-06-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-06-24 00:22 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-06-24 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-22 23:15 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-06-22 23:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-22 14:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-21 22:04 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-06-21 22:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-21 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-21 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-21 01:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-21 01:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-20 20:19 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-06-20 20:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-06-19 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-19 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-06-19 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-06-19 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-06-18 18:16 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-06-18 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-06-18 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-06-17 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-06-17 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-17 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-06-17 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-06-16 15:06 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-06-16 15:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-06-15 14:05 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-06-15 14:03 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2016-20079?
CVE-2016-20079 is a medium vulnerability published on June 15, 2026. WordPress Dharma Booking 2.28.3 and earlier contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to include arbitrary files by manipulating the gateway parameter. Attackers can supply file paths with directory traversal sequences or null byte injection to the gateway…
When was CVE-2016-20079 disclosed?
CVE-2016-20079 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-2016-20079 actively exploited?
CVE-2016-20079 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 51.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-20079?
CVE-2016-20079 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2016-20079?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-20079, 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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