6.4

CVE-2018-5776: wordpress Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.4v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5776DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5776
Published 18-01-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5776 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 2.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.6% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 3.7.25.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
2.02%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

WordPress before 4.9.2 has XSS in the Flash fallback files in MediaElement (under wp-includes/js/mediaelement).

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.02% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.02%

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≤ 3.6.1 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 3.7, ≤ 3.7.24 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 3.8, ≤ 3.8.24 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 3.9, ≤ 3.9.22 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 4.0, ≤ 4.0.21 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 4.1, ≤ 4.1.21 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 4.2, ≤ 4.2.18 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 4.3, ≤ 4.3.14 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 4.4, ≤ 4.4.13 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 4.5, ≤ 4.5.12 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 4.6, ≤ 4.6.9 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 4.7, ≤ 4.7.8 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 4.8, ≤ 4.8.4 (fixed in 3.7.25) | ≥ 4.9, ≤ 4.9.1 (fixed in 3.7.25)
  • wordpress< 4.9.2
Debian1 product
  • wordpress< 4.9.2+dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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