CVE-2018-15877: 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_m

high Affects plainview-activity-monitor (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2018-08-26; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

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_m

Package: plainview-activity-monitor (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <20180826
Fixed in: 20180826
Severity: high CVSS 8.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 77% (99.5th percentile)
Published: 2018-08-26
Source: nvd

References

CWE-78

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