What is CVE-2018-19041?

CVE-2018-19041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Media File Manager Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-19041?

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

Is CVE-2018-19041 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Media File Manager Project

CVE-2018-19041

The Media File Manager plugin 1.4.2 for WordPress allows XSS via the dir parameter of an mrelocator_getdir action to the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php URI.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-01-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (85.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Media File Manager Project — versions 1.4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45809/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19041?: CVE-2018-19041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Media File Manager Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-19041?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-19041 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.