What is CVE-2018-5655?

CVE-2018-5655 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Weblizar Pinterest-Feeds, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-5655?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-5655 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Weblizar Pinterest-Feeds

CVE-2018-5655

An issue was discovered in the weblizar-pinterest-feeds plugin 1.1.1 for WordPress. XSS exists via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php security parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-01-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weblizar Pinterest-Feeds — versions 1.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/weblizar-pinterest-feeds.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5655?: CVE-2018-5655 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Weblizar Pinterest-Feeds, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-5655?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5655 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.