CVE-2018-20149

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 86.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-12-14 20:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 11:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-12-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5048126120d1e20825f073c96cf19573efb824f9619af11e1f2a130d8ec89380

• www.securityfocus.com106220http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106220vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0-1/x_refsource_MISC
• codex.wordpress.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.9x_refsource_MISC
• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9175x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/246a70bdbfac3bd45ff71c7941deef1bb206b19ax_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4401https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4401vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190211 [SECURITY] [DLA 1673-1] wordpress security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00019.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.zdnet.comhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-plugs-bug-that-led-to-google-indexing-some-user-passwords/x_refsource_MISC