THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-5289
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-5289

Gd Rating System vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The GD Rating System plugin 2.3 for WordPress has Directory Traversal in the wp-admin/admin.php panel parameter for the gd-rating-system-information page.
Affected vendor
Gd Rating System Project
Affected product
Gd Rating System
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-01-08

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-5289

  • Confirm whether Gd Rating System Project Gd Rating System is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-5289.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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