CVE-2018-15877 EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 77% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 76.99% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-08-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| plainview activity monitor project | plainview activity monitor |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin Plainview Activity Monitor 20161228 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated) (2) | 2021-07-07 |
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin Plainview Activity Monitor 20161228 - (Authenticated) Command Injection | 2018-08-27 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163425/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45274/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163425/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45274/
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