CVE-2018-20985 is a critical local file inclusion vulnerability affecting versions of the wp-payeezy-pay plugin for WordPress prior to 2.98, specifically within pay.php, donate.php, donate-rec, and pay-rec. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely access sensitive files, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on KEV or having public Metasploit/ExploitDB modules, Nuclei templates exist for this critical flaw, indicating exploitability. Despite its high severity, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.98CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:payeezy:wp_payeezy_pay:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.