What is CVE-2018-5652?

CVE-2018-5652 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dark Mode Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-5652?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-5652 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Dark Mode Project

CVE-2018-5652

An issue was discovered in the dark-mode plugin 1.6 for WordPress. XSS exists via the wp-admin/profile.php dark_mode_end parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (47.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Dark_mode_project Dark_mode — versions 1.6
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 (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5652?: CVE-2018-5652 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dark Mode Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-5652?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5652 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.