CVE-2018-6194 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Splashing Images WordPress plugin, specifically affecting versions prior to 2.1.1. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) allows authenticated attackers with high privileges to inject malicious web scripts or HTML via the 'search' parameter to wp-admin/upload.php, potentially leading to client-side attacks. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is there publicly available exploit code in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Furthermore, the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat profile.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:splashing_images_project:splashing_images:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.