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CVE-2018-5284

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5284 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ImageInject plugin version 1.15 for WordPress, specifically through the flickr_appid parameter in wp-admin/options-general.php. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) requires high privileges and user interaction, allowing an attacker to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any public exploits available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wpscoop:imageinject:1.15:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 4,931 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/ImageInject.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org / support/topic/stored-xss-csrf-bug-at-the-latest-version-of-imageinject
Broken Link
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8994
Third Party Advisory