PT-2018-17050 · WordPress · Dark-Mode Plugin

Published 2018-01-13 · Updated 2018-01-24 · CVE-2018-5651

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions dark-mode plugin version 1.6

Description A security issue was found in the dark-mode plugin for WordPress, where cross-site scripting (XSS) exists via the dark mode start parameter in the "wp-admin/profile.php" API endpoint.

Recommendations For dark-mode plugin version 1.6, avoid using the dark mode start parameter in the "wp-admin/profile.php" endpoint until the issue is resolved. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the dark-mode plugin until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5651

Affected Products

Dark-Mode Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/dark-mode.md · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5651 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5651 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9008 · Note