CVE-2018-16283
The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the Image.php url parameter.
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 63.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Wechat Broadcast plugin 1.2.0 and earlier for WordPress allows Directory Traversal via the Image.php url parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Nuclei templates1 template
- WordPress Plugin Wechat Broadcast 1.2.0 - Local File Inclusion (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-16283.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB1 entry
- WordPress Plugin Wechat Broadcast 1.2.0 - Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 45438webapps, phppublished 19 Sept 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 45438 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 24 days later
· 24 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 63.9% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 20180920 WordPress Plugin Wechat Broadcast 1.2.0 - Local/Remote File Inclusion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9132 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 45438 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://github.com/springjk/wordpress-wechat-broadcast/issues/14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-8134 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-16283)Record last updated .