Vulnerability in Yoast Seo
CVE-2018-19370
A Race condition vulnerability in unzip_file in admin/import/class-import-settings.php in the Yoast SEO (wordpress-seo) plugin before 9.2.0 for WordPress allows an SEO Manager to perform command execution on the Operating System via a ZIP import.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.youtube.com/watch (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/ (Product, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/pull/11502/commits/3bfa70a143f5ea3ee1934f3a1703b… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-19370?
- CVE-2018-19370 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yoast Seo, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2018-11-28.
- How severe is CVE-2018-19370?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-19370 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.