CVE-2018-25434

HIGHPre-NVD 8.28.2—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-02. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
8.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.2Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

WP AutoSuggest 0.24 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the wpas_keys parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to autosuggest.php with crafted wpas_keys values to extract sensitive database information from WordPress posts and other tables.

CVSS v3
8.2
EG Score
8.2(medium)
EG Risk
68(Attend)
EG Risk 68/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity82% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
27%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 2, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

WP AutoSuggest 0.24 SQL Injection via autosuggest.php | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wp-autosuggest-sql-injection-via-autosuggest-php
generic

wp-autosuggest – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-autosuggest/
generic

Misc - Misc development

https://kaimi.io

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-25434(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 35× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-09-16 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-25434?
CVE-2018-25434 is a high vulnerability published on June 1, 2026. WP AutoSuggest 0.24 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the wpaskeys parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to autosuggest.php with crafted wpaskeys values to extract sensitive…
When was CVE-2018-25434 disclosed?
CVE-2018-25434 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 1, 2026, with the most recent update on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-25434 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-25434 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 72.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-25434?
CVE-2018-25434 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-25434?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-25434, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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