CVE-2018-11580
WordPress Mass Pages/Posts Creator Unauthenticated DoS and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in mass-pages-posts-creator.php in the MULTIDOTS Mass Pages/Posts Creator plugin 1.2.2 for WordPress. Any logged in user can launch Mass Pages/Posts creation with custom content. There is no nonce or user capability check, so anyone can launch a DoS attack against a site and create hundreds of thousands of posts with custom content.
INFO
Published Date :
May 31, 2018, 1:29 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:43 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-11580.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://labs.threatpress.com/mass-pages-posts-creator/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/mass-pagesposts-creator/#developers | Release Notes |
| http://labs.threatpress.com/mass-pages-posts-creator/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/mass-pagesposts-creator/#developers | Release Notes |
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://labs.threatpress.com/mass-pages-posts-creator/ Added Reference https://wordpress.org/plugins/mass-pagesposts-creator/#developers -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/mass-pagesposts-creator/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/mass-pagesposts-creator/#developers Release Notes Changed Reference Type http://labs.threatpress.com/mass-pages-posts-creator/ No Types Assigned http://labs.threatpress.com/mass-pages-posts-creator/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-79 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:multidots:mass_pages\/posts_creator:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-11580 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-11580
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.07 }} 0.02%
score
0.33929
percentile