CVE-2017-18562 describes multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the BestWebSoft Error Log Viewer plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 1.0.6. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.1 (Medium), successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be achieved remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to information disclosure and integrity compromise (C:L, I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public Metasploit modules or ExploitDB entries; however, Nuclei templates exist for detection. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:error_log_viewer:*:*:*:*:*: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.