PT-2018-16805 · WordPress · Simple Download Monitor

D4Wner · Published 2018-01-04 · Updated 2018-01-16 · CVE-2018-5213

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simple Download Monitor plugin versions prior to 3.5.4

Description The issue allows for XSS via the sdm upload parameter in an edit action to the "wp-admin/post.php" endpoint. This affects the WordPress plugin, potentially allowing malicious actions.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.5.4, update to version 3.5.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5213

Affected Products

Simple Download Monitor

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/Arsenal21/simple-download-monitor/issues/27 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/simple-download-monitor.md · Exploit
• https://github.com/Arsenal21/simple-download-monitor/commit/8ab8b9166bc87feba26a1573cf595af48eff7805 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5213 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5213 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stored-xss-bug-at-the-latest-version-of-simple-download-monitor · Note