CVE-2018-6357 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the acurax-social-media-widget plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions prior to 3.2.6. This flaw, located in the acx_asmw_saveorder_callback function, allows an attacker to manipulate the recordsArray parameter via wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, leading to a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into clicking a malicious link. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:acurax:social_media_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.