What is CVE-2018-8719?

CVE-2018-8719 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpsecurityauditlog Wp Security Audit Log, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-8719?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-8719 known to be exploited?

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

Information disclosure in Wpsecurityauditlog Wp Security Audit Log

CVE-2018-8719

An issue was discovered in the WP Security Audit Log plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress. Access to wp-content/uploads/wp-security-audit-log/* files is not restricted. For example, these files are indexed by Google and allows for attackers to possibly find sensitive information.

EPSS: 0.169 (96.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Wpsecurityauditlog Wp_security_audit_log — versions 3.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8719?: CVE-2018-8719 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpsecurityauditlog Wp Security Audit Log, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-8719?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-8719 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.