CVE-2017-15863 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp-noexternallinks plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 3.5.19. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker via the date1 or date2 parameters to wp-admin/options-general.php, requiring user interaction to execute malicious scripts and potentially leading to information disclosure or limited data manipulation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.5.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wp_no_external_links_project:wp_no_external_links:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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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 records are not available for this CVE.