CVE-2018-5291 describes a Directory Traversal vulnerability in the GD Rating System plugin version 2.3 for WordPress, specifically within the 'panel' parameter on the wp-admin/admin.php page for the gd-rating-system-tools section. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker could exploit it over the network with low complexity to achieve high confidentiality impact, such as reading arbitrary files. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gd_rating_system_project:gd_rating_system:2.3:*:*:*:*: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:N/A:N
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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 records are not available for this CVE.