8.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-15877
WordPress Plainview Activity Monitor Plugin OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Description

The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 26, 2018, 7:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 2, 2023, 1:03 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-15877 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-15877 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Plainview_activity_monitor_project plainview_activity_monitor
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
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-2018-15877.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163425/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45274/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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hwiwonl/dayone

DayOne: Critical Vulnerability Root Cause Analysis Platform

Python JavaScript Ruby HTML Assembly Makefile C Objective-C Shell Dockerfile

Updated: 11 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 15, 2023, 2:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 61 different CVEs too.
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Cinnamon1212/CVE-2018-15877-RCE

Wordpress Plainview Activity Monitor Plugin RCE (20161228)

Python

Updated: 3 years, 1 month ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 4, 2021, 7:39 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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n0-traces/cve_monitor

Automatic monitor github cve using Github Actions

Python

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
1 stars 56 fork 56 watcher
Born at : April 7, 2021, 11:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 1007 different CVEs too.
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0xT11/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
82 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1111 different CVEs too.
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cved-sources/cve-2018-15877

cve-2018-15877

Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 3 years, 5 months ago
0 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Feb. 8, 2019, 6:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-15877 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-15877 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163425/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163425/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 07, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163425/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45274/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45274/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877 No Types Assigned https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-78
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:plainview_activity_monitor_project:plainview_activity_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 20180826
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 06, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin 4.7.11 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request. The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.
    Removed Reference https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/plainview-activity-monitor [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45274/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-15877 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-2018-15877 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

96.88 }} 0.15%

score

0.99734

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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