CVE-2018-5373 describes a critical SQL Injection vulnerability in the Smooth Slider plugin, versions through 2.8.6, for WordPress, specifically exploitable via the 'trid' parameter in smooth-slider.php. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this flaw allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and ease of exploitation (low attack complexity, no user interaction), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:slidervilla:smooth_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.