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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.8

CVE-2018-6194 json

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-sidebar.php in the Splashing Images plugin (wp-splashing-im…

published 2018-01-30 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17955

cvss
4.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-sidebar.php in the Splashing Images plugin (wp-splashing-images) before 2.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to wp-admin/upload.php.

Patch / fix

  • splashing_images_project splashing_images 2.1.1

Exploit prediction

1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/91 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146109/WordPress-Splashing-Images-2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting-PHP-Object-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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