CVE-2018-6195
admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-main.php in the Splashing Images plugin (wp-splashing-images)...
admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-main.php in the Splashing Images plugin (wp-splashing-images) before 2.1.1 for WordPress allows authenticated (administrator, editor, or author) remote attackers to conduct PHP Object Injection attacks via crafted serialized data in the 'session' HTTP GET parameter to wp-admin/upload.php.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.2
admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-main.php in the Splashing Images plugin (wp-splashing-images) before 2.1.1 for WordPress allows authenticated (administrator, editor, or author) remote attackers to conduct PHP Object Injection attacks via crafted serialized data in the 'session' HTTP GET parameter to wp-admin/upload.php.
- Record
CVE-2018-6195- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-main.php in the Splashing Images plugin (wp-splashing-images) before 2.1.1 for WordPress allows authenticated (administrator, editor, or author) remote attackers to conduct PHP Object Injection attacks via crafted serialized data in the 'session' HTTP GET parameter to wp-admin/upload.php.
- Record
CVE-2018-6195- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17956 No score
admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-main.php in the Splashing Images plugin (wp-splashing-images) before 2.1.1 for WordPress allows authenticated (administrator, editor, or author) remote attackers to conduct PHP Object Injection attacks via crafted serialized data in the 'session' HTTP GET parameter to wp-admin/upload.php.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17956- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3gqc-3hvh-6hcg
7.2
admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-main.php in the Splashing Images plugin (wp-splashing-images)...
admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-main.php in the Splashing Images plugin (wp-splashing-images) before 2.1.1 for WordPress allows authenticated (administrator, editor, or author) remote attackers to conduct PHP Object Injection attacks via crafted serialized data in the 'session' HTTP GET parameter to wp-admin/upload.php.
- Record
GHSA-3gqc-3hvh-6hcg- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-915, CWE-1321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-6195 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Splashing Images Project Images, published January 30, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.72%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1807349/wp-splashing-images
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/91
packetstormsecurity.com/files/146109/WordPress-Splashing-Images-2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting-PHP-Object-Injection.html
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9015
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6195
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3gqc-3hvh-6hcg