What is CVE-2018-5214?

CVE-2018-5214 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Add Link To Facebook Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-5214?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-5214 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Add Link To Facebook Project

CVE-2018-5214

The "Add Link to Facebook" plugin through 2.3 for WordPress has XSS via the al2fb_facebook_id parameter to wp-admin/profile.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Add_link_to_facebook_project Add_link_to_facebook
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5214?: CVE-2018-5214 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Add Link To Facebook Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-5214?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5214 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.