VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-11548
The Search Meter plugin through 2.13.2 for WordPress allows user input introduced in the search bar to be any formula.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 5.17%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Search Meter plugin through 2.13.2 for WordPress allows user input introduced in the search bar to be any formula. The attacker could achieve remote code execution via CSV injection if a wp-admin/index.php?page=search-meter Export is performed.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.17% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Affected
- search meter project/search meter
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-meter/#developersProduct, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48197Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-meter/#developersProduct, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48197Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.