CVE-2017-18518 describes multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the bws-smtp plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 1.1.0. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for detection, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:smtp:*:*:*:*:*: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
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.
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.