CVE-2018-18460 — XSS exists in the wp-live-chat-support v8
XSS exists in the wp-live-chat-support v8.0.15 plugin for WordPress via the modules/gdpr.php term parameter in a wp-admin/admin.php wplivechat-menu-gdpr-page request.
Published
2018-10-18T06:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T11:08:21.995Z
01What is this vulnerability?
XSS exists in the wp-live-chat-support v8.0.15 plugin for WordPress via the modules/gdpr.php term parameter in a wp-admin/admin.php wplivechat-menu-gdpr-page request.
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: 2018-10-18T06:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-05T11:08:21.995Z
09References
- wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-live-chat-support/#developers
- github.com — https://github.com/rakjong/vuln/blob/master/wordpress_wp-live-chat-support_XSS.p…
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