UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000556

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000556

    Published: 26 Jun 2018Last Modified: 20 May 2026

    Summary:

    Details: WordPress version 4.8 + contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in plugins.php or core wordpress on delete function that can result in An attacker can perform client side attacks which could be from stealing a cookie to code injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker must craft an URL with payload and send to the user. Victim need to open the link to be affected by reflected XSS. .

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000556, https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2017/04/28/reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-wp-statistics/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000556

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.3+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High