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WordPress Plugin: wp-splashing-images: CVE-2018-6194: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Jan 26, 2018

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-sidebar.php in the Splashing Images plugin (wp-splashing-images) before 2.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to wp-admin/upload.php.

Solution

wp-splashing-images-plugin-cve-2018-6194

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6194
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ae77b00e-bbcf-4fe2-ab7f-d2e21ef54d3e?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-17955
CVE-2018-6194
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-6194
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2018-17955

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