CVE-2018-15877 is a critical OS command injection vulnerability affecting the Plainview Activity Monitor plugin for WordPress, versions prior to 20180826. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'ip' parameter within an administrative request, leading to arbitrary command execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 20180826CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plainview_activity_monitor_project:plainview_activity_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.