CVE-2018-20986
Description
The advanced-custom-fields (aka Elliot Condon Advanced Custom Fields) plugin before 5.7.8 for WordPress has XSS by authors.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 22, 2019, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 27, 2019, 12:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.3
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-20986 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 27, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/changelog/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www2.deloitte.com/de/de/pages/risk/articles/wordpress-plugin-xss.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-5-7-8-release/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 23, 2019
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/advanced-custom-fields/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/#developers Release Notes Added CWE CWE-79 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:advancedcustomfields:advanced_custom_fields:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.7.8
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-20986 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-2018-20986
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.00%
score
0.34784
percentile