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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-16283 in the critical feed json

The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the Image.php url parameter.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-8134

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
63.9%
EPSS 63.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the Image.php url parameter.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-45438)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

63.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-45438 WordPress Plugin Wechat Broadcast 1.2.0 - Local File Inclusion webapps, 2018-09-19
  • Nuclei template WordPress Plugin Wechat Broadcast 1.2.0 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/32 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • wpvulndb.com https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9132 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
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References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.