What is CVE-2018-18069?

CVE-2018-18069 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpml, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-10-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-18069?

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

Is CVE-2018-18069 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wpml

CVE-2018-18069

process_forms in the WPML (aka sitepress-multilingual-cms) plugin through 3.6.3 for WordPress has XSS via any locale_file_name_ parameter (such as locale_file_name_en) in an authenticated theme-localization.php request to wp-admin/admin.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.132 (96.0th 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

Wpml
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-2018-18069?: CVE-2018-18069 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpml, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-10-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-18069?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-18069 known to be exploited?: 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.