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high 8.8

CVE-2018-15877 in the critical feed json

The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the i…

published 2018-08-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-7734

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
76.7%
EPSS 76.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.

Patch / fix

  • plainview_activity_monitor_project plainview_activity_monitor 20180826

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/wp_plainview_activity_monitor_rce)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

76.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/wp_plainview_activity_monitor_rce Wordpress Plainview Activity Monitor RCE metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2018-08-26
  • EDB-50110 WordPress Plugin Plainview Activity Monitor 20161228 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated) (2) webapps, 2021-07-07
  • EDB-45274 WordPress Plugin Plainview Activity Monitor 20161228 - (Authenticated) Command Injection webapps, 2018-08-27
  • github.com https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163425/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
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References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.