CVE-2018-5213

Simple Download Monitor < 3.5.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Simple Download Monitor plugin before 3.5.4 for WordPress has XSS via the sdm_upload (aka Downloadable File) parameter in an edit action to wp-admin/post.php.

El plugin Simple Download Monitor en versiones anteriores a la 3.5.4 para WordPress tiene Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) mediante el parámetro sdm_upload (también conocido como Downloadable File) en una acción edit en wp-admin/post.php.

*Credits: d4wner

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-01-02 CVE Published
2018-01-04 CVE Reserved
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stored-xss-bug-at-the-latest-version-of-simple-download-monitor	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/Arsenal21/simple-download-monitor/issues/27	2024-08-05
https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/simple-download-monitor.md	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/Arsenal21/simple-download-monitor/commit/8ab8b9166bc87feba26a1573cf595af48eff7805	2018-01-16

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Simple Download Monitor Project Search vendor "Simple Download Monitor Project"		Simple Download Monitor Search vendor "Simple Download Monitor Project" for product "Simple Download Monitor"				3.5.4 Search vendor "Simple Download Monitor Project" for product "Simple Download Monitor" and version "3.5.4"		wordpress		Affected