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CVE-2018-5288

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5288 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the GD Rating System plugin version 2.3 for WordPress, specifically affecting the wp-admin/admin.php panel parameter on the gd-rating-system-transfer page. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gd_rating_system_project:gd_rating_system:2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 26,208 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.1 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/gd-rating-system.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org / support/topic/xss-lfi-bugs-at-the-latest-version-of-gd-rating-system
Broken Link
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8995
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry