What is CVE-2018-0578?

CVE-2018-0578 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Minimal Work Srl Pixelyoursite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-0578?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-0578 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Minimal Work Srl Pixelyoursite

CVE-2018-0578

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in PixelYourSite plugin prior to version 5.3.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-05-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.007 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Minimal Work Srl Pixelyoursite — versions prior to version 5.3.0
Pixelyoursite

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wordpress.org/plugins/pixelyoursite/ (Third Party Advisory)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN61081552/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0578?: CVE-2018-0578 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Minimal Work Srl Pixelyoursite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-0578?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-0578 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.