What is CVE-2018-5311?

CVE-2018-5311 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tonjoostudio Easy Custom Auto Excerpt, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-5311?

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

Is CVE-2018-5311 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Tonjoostudio Easy Custom Auto Excerpt

CVE-2018-5311

The Easy Custom Auto Excerpt plugin 2.4.6 for WordPress has XSS via the tonjoo_ecae_options[custom_css] parameter to the wp-admin/admin.php?page=tonjoo_excerpt URI.

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

Tonjoostudio Easy_custom_auto_excerpt — versions 2.4.6
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 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5311?: CVE-2018-5311 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tonjoostudio Easy Custom Auto Excerpt, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-5311?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5311 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.