THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-10101
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-10101

Wordpress vulnerability

CVSS
6.1
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Before WordPress 4.9.5, the URL validator assumed URLs with the hostname localhost were on the same host as the WordPress server.
Affected vendor
Wordpress
Affected product
Wordpress
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-04-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-10101

  • Confirm whether Wordpress Wordpress is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-10101.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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