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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-1000556

WordPress version 4.8 + contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in plugins.php or core wordpress on delete function that can result in An attacker can perform client side attacks which could be from stealing a cookie to code injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker must craft an URL with payload and send to the user. Victim need to open the link to be affected by reflected XSS. .

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1 Nov 2026, 07:09 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-1000556

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Jun 2018, 16:29 UTC

WordPress version 4.8 + contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in plugins.php or core wordpress on delete function that can result in An attacker can perform client side attacks which could be from stealing a cookie to code injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker must craft an URL with payload and send to the user. Victim need to open the link to be affected by reflected XSS. .

osv:CVE-2018-1000556
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000556",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "WordPress version 4.8 + contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in plugins.php or core wordpress on delete function that can result in An attacker can perform client side attacks which could be from stealing a cookie to code injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker must craft an URL with payload and send to the user. Victim need to open the link to be affected by reflected XSS. .",
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    "severity": "medium",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
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      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:49.352724219Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436967,
  "published_at": "2018-06-26T16:29:02.79+00:00"
}