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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-9844

The Iptanus WordPress File Upload plugin before 4.3.4 for WordPress mishandles Settings attributes, leading to XSS.

EXPLOITMEDIUM 6.1EPSS 3.64%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

The Iptanus WordPress File Upload plugin before 4.3.4 for WordPress mishandles Settings attributes, leading to XSS.

CVSS 3.0
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
3.64% probability · 90th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 10 April 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
iptanus/wordpress file upload
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%28 October 2026: 3.64%28 October 202628 October 2026

EPSS 3.6% since 28 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-44444source ↗WordPress Plugin File Upload 4.3.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (PoC)php · ManhNhowebapps10 April 2018no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.