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CVE-2018-15877

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 77.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-08-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.

Affected products

• Plainview Activity Monitor Project Plainview Activity Monitor: before 20180826 — fixed in 20180826

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Plainview Activity Monitor Project Plainview Activity Monitor 20180826. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163425/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45274/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163425/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45274/

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