CVE-2018-5287 describes a Directory Traversal vulnerability in the GD Rating System plugin 2.3 for WordPress, specifically within the wp-admin/admin.php panel parameter when accessing the gd-rating-system-about page. This flaw carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a critical severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gd_rating_system_project:gd_rating_system:2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.