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high 8.8

CVE-2018-15877 in the critical feed json

The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the i…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-7734

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
76.7%
EPSS 76.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
3
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.

Patch / fix

  • plainview_activity_monitor_project plainview_activity_monitor 20180826

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/wp_plainview_activity_monitor_rce)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

76.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/wp_plainview_activity_monitor_rce Wordpress Plainview Activity Monitor RCE metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2018-08-26
  • EDB-50110 WordPress Plugin Plainview Activity Monitor 20161228 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated) (2) webapps, 2021-07-07
  • EDB-45274 WordPress Plugin Plainview Activity Monitor 20161228 - (Authenticated) Command Injection webapps, 2018-08-27
  • github.com https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163425/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
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References

Sources

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