VDB
CVE-2018-20148
CVE-2018-20148
PUBLISHED
In WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, contributors could conduct PHP object injection attacks via crafted metadata in a wp.getMediaItem XMLRPC call. This is caused by mishandling of serialized data at phar:// URLs in the wp_get_attachment_thumb_file function in wp-includes/post.php.
EPSS 54.86% · 98.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
54.86%
98.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 4.3+dfsg-1, 4.4.1+dfsg-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 4.8.2+dfsg-2, 4.8.3+dfsg-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- Exploit for CVE-2018-20148 - WordPress PHAR deserialization via XMLRPC (github-poc-repo)
- Exploit for CVE-2018-20148 - WordPress PHAR deserialization via XMLRPC (github-poc-repo)
- Exploit for CVE-2018-20148 - WordPress PHAR deserialization via XMLRPC (github-poc-repo)
- Exploit for CVE-2018-20148 - WordPress PHAR deserialization via XMLRPC (github-poc-repo)
- Exploit for CVE-2018-20148 - WordPress PHAR deserialization via XMLRPC (github-poc-repo)
- Exploit for CVE-2018-20148 - WordPress PHAR deserialization via XMLRPC (github-poc-repo)
- CVE 2018-20148 and 2019-9168 (github-poc-repo)
- CVE 2018-20148 and 2019-9168 (github-poc-repo)
- CVE 2018-20148 and 2019-9168 (github-poc-repo)
- CVE 2018-20148 and 2019-9168 (github-poc-repo)
…and 17 more exploits
Timeline
- Dec 14, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Nov 17, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Aug 5, 2024 CVE Updated
- Dec 17, 2024 EPSS Score
- Mar 19, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 20, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 27, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20148 third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/wordpress-5-0-1-security-release/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20148 third-party-advisory