CVE-2018-25324

Description

Simple Fields 0.2 through 0.3.5 WordPress Plugin contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by injecting null bytes into the wp_abspath parameter on PHP versions before 5.3.4. Attackers can supply malicious wp_abspath values to simple_fields.php to include files like /etc/passwd or inject PHP code into Apache logs for remote code execution when allow_url_include is enabled.

Overview

State

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Assigner (CNA)

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CVSS severity

medium

CVSS score

6.2 / 10

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Effective score

6.2 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview

CWE(s)

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Reserved

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Published

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Last updated

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Source

https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2018-25324

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published

2026-05-17 13:16:43 UTC

NVD last modified

2026-05-18 17:05:46 UTC

NVD CVSS v3.1

6.2 / 10 MEDIUM source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability subscore

2.5 / 10

Impact subscore

3.6 / 10

EPSS score

0.0001 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)

EPSS percentile

1.08% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-06-03

NVD-assigned CWE(s): CWE-98 (differs from the CNA list above)

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID

EUVD-2018-21844

Assigner

VulnCheck

Published

May 17, 2026, 12:11:30 PM

Updated

May 26, 2026, 11:51:36 AM

EUVD base score (CVSS 4.0)

6.9 / 10
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EUVD-reported EPSS

0.0100

Vendors

Simple-Fields

Products

Simple Fields (0.2 - 0.3.5)

Simple Fields (0.2 ≤0.3.5)

Aliases

GHSA-6g8q-459m-mrmm

ENISA description: Simple Fields 0.2 through 0.3.5 WordPress Plugin contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by injecting null bytes into the wp_abspath parameter on PHP versions before 5.3.4. Attackers can supply malicious wp_abspath values to simple_fields.php to include files like /etc/passwd or inject PHP code into Apache logs for remote code execution when allow_url_include is enabled.

Vendor references (0)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

None in the CVE record.

Web references (7)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

• http://simple-fields.com tenable:simple-fields.com
• https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-fields.0.3.5.zip tenable:downloads.wordpress.org
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25324 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25324 tenable:www.cve.org
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44425 tenable:www.exploit-db.com
• https://www.first.org/epss/ tenable:www.first.org
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/simple-fields-local-file-inclusion-via-wp-abspath tenable:www.vulncheck.com

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