CVE-2018-11579 is an unauthenticated settings change vulnerability affecting the MULTIDOTS WooCommerce Category Banner Management plugin 1.1.0 for WordPress. An attacker can modify plugin settings by sending a crafted request due to improper use of wp_ajax_nopriv_. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating low attack complexity and no user interaction required, with a potential impact of low integrity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article from SecurityWeek mentioning the broader issue of vulnerable WordPress plugins.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:multidots:woocommerce_category_banner_management:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
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.