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CVE-2018-17573

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17573 is a critical arbitrary PHP code upload vulnerability affecting the Wp-Insert plugin through version 2.4.2 for WordPress. This flaw stems from the exposed and misconfigured FCKeditor components within the plugin. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its high severity warrants immediate patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smartlogix:wp-insert:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0336 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cxsecurity.com / issue/WLB-2018090255
ExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/149568/WordPress-WP-Insert-2.4.2-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry