PT-2018-17067 · WordPress · Read-And-Understood Plugin

Published 2018-01-13 · Updated 2018-01-23 · CVE-2018-5668

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: read-and-understood plugin version 2.1

Description: A security issue was found in the read-and-understood plugin for WordPress. This issue allows for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks through the rnu username validation title parameter in the "wp-admin/options-general.php" page.

Recommendations: For read-and-understood plugin version 2.1, avoid using the rnu username validation title parameter in the "wp-admin/options-general.php" page until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5668

Affected Products

Read-And-Understood Plugin

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/read-and-understood.md · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5668 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5668 · Security Note