What is CVE-2018-5310?

CVE-2018-5310 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Media From FTP Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-5310?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-5310 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Media From FTP Project

CVE-2018-5310

In the "Media from FTP" plugin before 9.85 for WordPress, Directory Traversal exists via the searchdir parameter to the wp-admin/admin.php?page=mediafromftp-search-register URI.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-01-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Media From FTP Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/plugins/media-from-ftp/ (Product, Release Notes)
wordpress.org/support/topic/any-directory-traversal-bugs-at-the-latest-version-… (Broken Link)
github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/media-from-ftp.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5310?: CVE-2018-5310 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Media From FTP Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-5310?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5310 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.