CVE-2018-16283
The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the...
The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the Image.php url parameter.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the Image.php url parameter.
- Record
CVE-2018-16283- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the Image.php url parameter.
- Record
CVE-2018-16283- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8134 No score
The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the Image.php url parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8134- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x3c5-gxcq-2hm9
The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the...
The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the Image.php url parameter.
- Record
GHSA-x3c5-gxcq-2hm9- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the Image.php url parameter.
- Record
CVE-2018-16283- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | WordPress Plugin Wechat Broadcast 1.2.0 - Local File Inclusion | 2018-09-19 |
| Nuclei | WordPress Plugin Wechat Broadcast 1.2.0 - Local File Inclusion | |
| PoC in GitHub | cved-sources/cve-2018-16283 | 2019-03-15 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16283 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Wechat Brodcast Project Brodcast, published September 24, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 63.9%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.