CVE-2018-15877
The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command...
The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.
- Record
CVE-2018-15877- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.
- Record
CVE-2018-15877- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7734 No score
The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7734- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9x2f-2wff-79qv
The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command...
The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.
- Record
GHSA-9x2f-2wff-79qv- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | WordPress Plugin Plainview Activity Monitor 20161228 - (Authenticated) Command Injection | 2018-08-27 |
| Exploit-DB | WordPress Plugin Plainview Activity Monitor 20161228 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated) (2) | 2021-07-07 |
| Metasploit | Wordpress Plainview Activity Monitor RCE | 2018-08-26 |
| PoC in GitHub | Cinnamon1212/CVE-2018-15877-RCE | 2021-09-04 |
| PoC in GitHub | cved-sources/cve-2018-15877 | 2019-02-08 |
| PoC in GitHub | firasotoom85-droid/wp-plainview-auth-RCE-broken-cookie-to-session-fix | 2026-09-25 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-15877 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Plainview Activity Monitor Project Activity Monitor, published August 26, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 76.7%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877
exploit-db.com/exploits/45274
packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15877