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
Elevated
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(medium)
EPSS
52.0%
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 12× 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.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-21 15:21 UTCEPSS rescore
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  4. 2026-07-20 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-07-18 10:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-07-16 23:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-16 16:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  13. 2026-07-15 16:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-07-15 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-15 01:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-07-14 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-13 22:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-13 08:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-13 06:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-12 05:43 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-07-12 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-11 08:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-11 04:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-10 03:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-09 19:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-09 02:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-08 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-08 01:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-07 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-07 00:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-06 16:24 UTCEPSS rescore
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  11. 2026-07-06 02:20 UTCEPSS rescore
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  13. 2026-07-05 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-07-04 11:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-04 06:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-03 10:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-02 09:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-01 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-01 08:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-06-30 23:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-30 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-29 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-29 06:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-28 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-28 04:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-28 04:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-06-27 03:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-27 03:05 UTCEPSS rescore
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  31. 2026-06-26 02:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-06-25 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  34. 2026-06-25 01:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-06-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
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  37. 2026-06-24 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-06-22 23:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-06-22 14:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-21 22:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-06-21 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  44. 2026-06-21 01:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-06-21 01:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-20 20:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-06-19 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-06-19 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-06-19 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-06-18 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-06-18 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-06-17 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-06-17 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-06-17 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-06-16 15:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-06-15 14:05 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 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 52.0% 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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