What is CVE-2018-16206?

CVE-2018-16206 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ohtanz Spam-Byebye, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-16206?

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

Is CVE-2018-16206 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Ohtanz Spam-Byebye

CVE-2018-16206

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress plugin spam-byebye 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (57.7th 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

Ohtanz Spam-byebye
Yohsuke Ohkouchi Spam-byebye — versions 2.2.1 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

vultures@jpcert.or.jp (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_JVN, third-party-advisory)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (Product, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16206?: CVE-2018-16206 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ohtanz Spam-Byebye, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-16206?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16206 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.