What is CVE-2018-5669?

CVE-2018-5669 is a high-severity vulnerability in Read And Understood Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-5669?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-5669 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Read And Understood Project

CVE-2018-5669

An issue was discovered in the read-and-understood plugin 2.1 for WordPress. CSRF exists via wp-admin/options-general.php.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Read_and_understood_project Read_and_understood — versions 2.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5669?: CVE-2018-5669 is a high-severity vulnerability in Read And Understood Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-5669?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5669 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.