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CVE-2018-3810

90
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3810 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the Oturia Smart Google Code Inserter plugin for WordPress versions prior to 3.5. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to insert arbitrary JavaScript or HTML code into all WordPress pages due to a missing authorization check in the saveGoogleCode() function. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, indicating a high potential for exploitation despite limited community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oturia:smart_google_code_inserter:*:*:*:*:*: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
91.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2018-3810 · Mar 10, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-43420 · Jan 3, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9148 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 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

limbenjamin.com / articles/smart-google-code-inserter-auth-bypass.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org / plugins/smart-google-code-inserter
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8987
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/43420
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry