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CVE-2018-20152

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-20152 describes a vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 4.9.9 and 5.0.1, where authenticated authors could bypass intended restrictions on post types through crafted input. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and could lead to high integrity impacts, though confidentiality and availability are not affected. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.0, < 5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0427 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

codex.wordpress.org / Version_4.9.9
ProductVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org / news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release
Release NotesVendor Advisory
wordpress.org / support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1
Release NotesVendor Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/9170
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4401
Third Party Advisory
zdnet.com / article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords
Press/Media CoverageThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106220
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry