VDB
CVE-2018-20148
CVE-2018-20148
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
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 26.82% · 97.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
26.82%
97.9th 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 |
Timeline
- Dec 14, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 14, 2022 CVE Updated
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 19, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
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- Mar 28, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 1, 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