7.2

CVE-2018-14028: wordpress

CVSS: 7.2v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-14028DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14028
Published 10-08-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-14028 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 15.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.7% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.1.40.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
15.17%
0%100%
Medium · +2.60 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-08-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In WordPress 4.9.7, plugins uploaded via the admin area are not verified as being ZIP files. This allows for PHP files to be uploaded. Once a PHP file is uploaded, the plugin extraction fails, but the PHP file remains in a predictable wp-content/uploads location, allowing for an attacker to then execute the file. This represents a security risk in limited scenarios where an attacker (who does have the required capabilities for plugin uploads) cannot simply place arbitrary PHP code into a valid plugin ZIP file and upload that plugin, because a machine's wp-content/plugins directory permissions were set up to block all new plugins.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

15.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+2.60 pp

From 12.57% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
15.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress2 products
  • wordpress< 4.1 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 4.1, ≤ 4.1.39 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 4.2, ≤ 4.2.36 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 4.3, ≤ 4.3.32 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 4.4, ≤ 4.4.31 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 4.5, ≤ 4.5.30 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 4.6, ≤ 4.6.27 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 4.7, ≤ 4.7.27 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 4.8, ≤ 4.8.23 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 4.9, ≤ 4.9.24 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 5.0, ≤ 5.0.20 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 5.1, ≤ 5.1.17 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 5.2, ≤ 5.2.19 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 5.3, ≤ 5.3.16 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 5.4, ≤ 5.4.14 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 5.5, ≤ 5.5.13 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 5.6, ≤ 5.6.12 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 5.7, ≤ 5.7.10 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 5.8, ≤ 5.8.8 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 5.9, ≤ 5.9.8 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.0.6 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 6.1, ≤ 6.1.4 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 6.2, ≤ 6.2.3 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 6.3, ≤ 6.3.2 (fixed in 4.1.40) | ≥ 6.4, ≤ 6.4.2 (fixed in 4.1.40)
  • wordpress4.9.7
Debian1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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