CVE-2016-20079

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.26.2—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM 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
6.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 6.2Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 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(medium)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: 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
Severity62% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
52%
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 11× 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. 2026-07-26 20:16 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-13 22:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-07-12 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-07-07 00:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  56. 2026-06-19 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-06-18 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-06-18 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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  61. 2026-06-17 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  64. 2026-06-16 15:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-06-15 14:05 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-06-15 14:03 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 47.9% of all scored CVEs.
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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