CVE-2018-16206 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress plugin spam-byebye 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2019-01-13

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Yohsuke Ohkouchi

spam-byebye

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.2.1 and earlier`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ohtanz:spam-byebye:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-8058	Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress plugin spam-byebye 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00952.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN58010349/index.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/spam-byebye/

History

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Subscriptions

Ohtanz Spam-byebye

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2019-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:17:38.287Z

Reserved: 2018-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-16206

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-13T00:29:00.243

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:43:53.500

Link: CVE-2018-16206

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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