PT-2018-14245 · WordPress · Gwolle Guestbook

Neven Biruski · Published 2018-10-02 · Updated 2018-11-16 · CVE-2018-17884

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Gwolle Guestbook (gwolle-gb) plugin versions prior to 2.5.4

Description A security issue exists in the admin/gb-dashboard-widget.php file of the Gwolle Guestbook plugin for WordPress. This issue can be exploited via the PATH INFO to wp-admin/index.php, allowing for potential attacks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5.4, update to version 2.5.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-17884

Affected Products

Gwolle Guestbook

References · 5

• 🔥 http://defensecode.com/advisories/DC-2018-05-008_WordPress_Gwolle_Guestbook_Plugin_Advisory.pdf · Exploit
• 🔥 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Jul/74 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17884 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17884 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/gwolle-gb/#developers · Note