What is CVE-2018-11579?

CVE-2018-11579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Multidots Woocommerce Category Banner Management, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-11579?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-11579 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Multidots Woocommerce Category Banner Management

CVE-2018-11579

class-woo-banner-management.php in the MULTIDOTS WooCommerce Category Banner Management plugin 1.1.0 for WordPress has an Unauthenticated Settings Change Vulnerability, related to certain wp_ajax_nopriv_ usage. Anyone can change the plugin's setting by simply sending a request with a wbm_save_shop_page_banner_data action.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Multidots Woocommerce_category_banner_management — versions 1.1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11579?: CVE-2018-11579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Multidots Woocommerce Category Banner Management, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-11579?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-11579 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.