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CVE-2018-5651 Detail

Current Description

An issue was discovered in the dark-mode plugin 1.6 for WordPress. XSS exists via the wp-admin/profile.php dark_mode_start parameter.

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.8 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 2.7
Exploitability Score: 1.7

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.5 LOW
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 6.8

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/dark-mode.md Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9008 Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:dark_mode_project:dark_mode:1.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-5651
NVD Published Date:
01/12/2018
NVD Last Modified:
01/24/2018