# CVE-2018-15877: The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2018-08-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Plainview Activity Monitor plugin before 20180826 for WordPress is vulnerable to OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the ip parameter of a wp-admin/admin.php?page=plainview_activity_monitor&tab=activity_tools request.

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## References

- https://github.com/aas-n/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2018-15877
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45274/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155502/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163425/WordPress-Plainview-Activity-Monitor-20161228-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45274
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50110
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_plainview_activity_monitor_rce.rb
- https://github.com/Cinnamon1212/CVE-2018-15877-RCE
- https://github.com/cved-sources/cve-2018-15877
- https://github.com/firasotoom85-droid/wp-plainview-auth-RCE-broken-cookie-to-session-fix

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