CVE-2018-11366 — init

init.php in the Loginizer plugin 1.3.8 through 1.3.9 for WordPress has Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) because logging is mishandled. This is fixed in 1.4.0.

01What is this vulnerability?

init.php in the Loginizer plugin 1.3.8 through 1.3.9 for WordPress has Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) because logging is mishandled. This is fixed in 1.4.0.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-05-22T13:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T20:57:36.834Z

09References

• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/loginizer/#developers
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1878502/loginizer
• blog.dewhurstsecurity.com — https://blog.dewhurstsecurity.com/2018/05/22/loginizer-wordpress-plugin-xss-vuln…
• wpvulndb.com — https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9088