CVE-2017-18540 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the weblibrarian plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 3.4.8.7, specifically through front-end short codes. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited with low attack complexity and no prior authentication, requiring user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.4.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:deepsoft:weblibrarian:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.