What is CVE-2018-6469?

CVE-2018-6469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Flickrrss Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-6469?

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

Is CVE-2018-6469 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Flickrrss Project

CVE-2018-6469

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in flickrRSS.php in the flickrRSS plugin 5.3.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the flickrRSS_tags parameter to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-02-06 · 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: 0.009 (58.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Flickrrss Project — versions 5.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

github.com/AntsKnows/CVE/blob/master/WP_Plugin_Flickr-rss (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6469?: CVE-2018-6469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Flickrrss Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-6469?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-6469 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.