Name: CVE-2018-18069: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-18069, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.14198

process_forms in the WPML (aka sitepress-multilingual-cms) plugin through 3.6.3 for WordPress has XSS via any locale_file_name_ parameter (such as locale_file_name_en) in an authenticated theme-localization.php request to wp-admin/admin.php.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Sitepress Multilingual Cms Plugin	—	Update sitepress-multilingual-cms plugin to version 4.0, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Oct 8, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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