CVE-2018-12636 EXPLOIT
7.2
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 29.8% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The iThemes Security (better-wp-security) plugin before 7.0.3 for WordPress allows SQL Injection (by attackers with Admin privileges) via the logs page.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.2 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 29.78% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-89 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-06-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ithemes | security |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin iThemes Security < 7.0.3 - SQL Injection | 2018-06-25 |
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/#developers
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44943/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/#developers
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44943/
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