What is CVE-2018-1000512?

CVE-2018-1000512 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tooltipy Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000512?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-1000512 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Tooltipy Project

CVE-2018-1000512

Tooltipy Tooltipy (tooltips for WP) version 5 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Glossary shortcode that can result in could allow anybody to do almost anything an admin can. This attack appear to be exploitable via Admin must follow a link. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.1.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Tooltipy_project Tooltipy — versions 5.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000512?: CVE-2018-1000512 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tooltipy Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000512?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-1000512 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.