CVE-2017-18565 describes multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the BestWebSoft Updater plugin for WordPress, specifically in versions prior to 1.35. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB, Nuclei templates exist for detection, and the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:updater:*:*:*:*:*: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.