CVE-2018-5293 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The GD Rating System plugin 2.3 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin.php panel parameter for the gd-rating-system-tools page.

Published: 2018-01-08

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gd_rating_system_project:gd_rating_system:2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-17073	The GD Rating System plugin 2.3 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin.php panel parameter for the gd-rating-system-tools page.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01584.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/gd-rating-system.md
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xss-lfi-bugs-at-the-latest-version-of-gd-rating-system/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8995

History

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Subscriptions

Gd Rating System Project Gd Rating System

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-01-08T07:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:33:43.859Z

Reserved: 2018-01-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-5293

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-08T07:29:00.607

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:59:59.677

Link: CVE-2018-5293

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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