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CVE-2018-5652

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5652 describes a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dark-mode plugin version 1.6 for WordPress, specifically affecting the wp-admin/profile.php dark_mode_end parameter. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) requires high privileges and user interaction, allowing an attacker to potentially inject malicious scripts, leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dark_mode_project:dark_mode:1.6:*:*:*:*: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
0.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0064 is in the 83rd 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/dark-mode.md
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/9008
Third Party Advisory