What is CVE-2018-21005?

CVE-2018-21005 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bbpress Move Topics Project, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-21005?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-21005 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Bbpress Move Topics Project

CVE-2018-21005

The bbp-move-topics plugin before 1.1.6 for WordPress has code injection.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.021 (79.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Bbpress_move_topics_project Bbpress_move_topics
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21005?: CVE-2018-21005 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bbpress Move Topics Project, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-21005?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-21005 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.