XSS in Multidots Mass Pages\/posts Creator
CVE-2018-11580
An issue was discovered in mass-pages-posts-creator.php in the MULTIDOTS Mass Pages/Posts Creator plugin 1.2.2 for WordPress. Any logged in user can launch Mass Pages/Posts creation with custom content. There is no nonce or user capability check, so anyone can launch a DoS attack against a site and create hundreds of thousands of posts with custom content.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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: 0.006 (47.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Multidots Mass Pages\/posts Creator — versions 1.2.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wordpress.org/plugins/mass-pagesposts-creator/ (Release Notes)
- labs.threatpress.com/mass-pages-posts-creator/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-11580?
- CVE-2018-11580 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Multidots Mass Pages\/posts Creator, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-05-31.
- How severe is CVE-2018-11580?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-11580 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.