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CVE-2018-12636

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 28.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-06-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The iThemes Security (better-wp-security) plugin before 7.0.3 for WordPress allows SQL Injection (by attackers with Admin privileges) via the logs page.

Affected products

• iThemes Security: before 7.0.3 — fixed in 7.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: iThemes Security 7.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/#developers
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44943/
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/#developers
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44943/

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