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CVE-2018-5213 Details

Description

The Simple Download Monitor plugin before 3.5.4 for WordPress has XSS via the sdm_upload (aka Downloadable File) parameter in an edit action to wp-admin/post.php.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/Arsenal21/simple-download-monitor/commit/8ab8b9166bc87feba26a1573cf595af48eff7805 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/Arsenal21/simple-download-monitor/issues/27 CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/simple-download-monitor.md CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stored-xss-bug-at-the-latest-version-of-simple-download-monitor/ CVEBroken Link
https://github.com/Arsenal21/simple-download-monitor/commit/8ab8b9166bc87feba26a1573cf595af48eff7805 [email protected]PatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
simple download monitor project simple download monitor
3.5.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:simple_download_monitor_project:simple_download_monitor:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-5213
NVD Published Date:
Jan 4, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]