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CVE-2017-12948

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12948 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in the PressForward plugin, specifically versions 4.3.0 and earlier, for WordPress. This flaw allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via the PATH_INFO parameter to wp-admin/admin.php, leveraging the PHP_SELF variable. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pressforward:pressforward:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0076 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

defensecode.com / advisories/DC-2017-05-007_WordPress_PressForward_Plugin_Advisory.pdf
Third Party Advisory