What is CVE-2018-11486?

CVE-2018-11486 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Multidots Advance Search For Woocommerce, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-11486?

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

Is CVE-2018-11486 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Multidots Advance Search For Woocommerce

CVE-2018-11486

An issue was discovered in the MULTIDOTS Advance Search for WooCommerce plugin 1.0.9 and earlier for WordPress. This plugin is vulnerable to a stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A non-authenticated user can save the plugin settings and inject malicious JavaScript code in the Custom CSS textarea field, which will be loaded on every site page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.9th 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

Multidots Advance_search_for_woocommerce
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11486?: CVE-2018-11486 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Multidots Advance Search For Woocommerce, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-11486?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-11486 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.