{"id":"CVE-2018-16299","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16299","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:53:35.913Z","title":"The Localize My Post plugin 1.0 for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the ajax/include.php file parameter.","description":"The Localize My Post plugin 1.0 for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the ajax/include.php file parameter.","published":"2018-09-24T22:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["localize my post project/localize my post"],"epss":{"score":0.44358,"percentile":0.98754,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.21183,"percentile":0.97525},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.44358,"percentile":0.98703}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-09-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":45439,"kind":"exploit","title":"WordPress Plugin Localize My Post 1.0 - Local File Inclusion","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45439","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/45439.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/45439.txt","published":"2018-09-19","added":"2018-09-19","updated":"2018-09-25","author":"Manuel García Cárdenas","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-16299"],"tags":"File Inclusion (LFI/RFI)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comlocalize-my-post.1.0.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 44.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.44358,"from":0.21183,"percentile":0.98703},"summary":"EPSS moved from 21.2% to 44.4% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."},{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.21183,"from":0.44358,"percentile":0.97525},"summary":"EPSS moved from 44.4% to 21.2% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/33","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/julianburr/wp-plugin-localizemypost/issues/1","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149433/WordPress-Localize-My-Post-1.0-Local-File-Inclusion.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45439/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/33","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/julianburr/wp-plugin-localizemypost/issues/1","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149433/WordPress-Localize-My-Post-1.0-Local-File-Inclusion.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45439/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16299","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."}