{"id":"CVE-2018-1000512","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-1000512","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:21:31.323Z","title":"Tooltipy Tooltipy (tooltips for WP) version 5 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Glossary shortcode that can result in could allow anybody to do almost anything an admin can.","description":"Tooltipy Tooltipy (tooltips for WP) version 5 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Glossary shortcode that can result in could allow anybody to do almost anything an admin can. This attack appear to be exploitable via Admin must follow a link. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.1.","published":"2018-06-26T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:32:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["tooltipy project/tooltipy"],"epss":{"score":0.00808,"percentile":0.56645,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.81%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://advisories.dxw.com/advisories/xss-in-tooltipy/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://advisories.dxw.com/advisories/xss-in-tooltipy/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000512","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}