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CVE-2018-5285

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5285 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the ImageInject plugin version 1.15 for WordPress, specifically affecting the wp-admin/options-general.php page. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk where an unauthenticated attacker could trick an authenticated user into performing unintended actions, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is significant, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Furthermore, the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low profile despite its high severity.

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

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 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