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CVE-2017-18598

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18598 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Qards plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions through October 11, 2017. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts via the 'url' parameter in html2canvasproxy.php, requiring user interaction to trigger. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB) has been identified, a Nuclei template exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2017-10-11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:designmodo:qards:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2017-18598 · Feb 27, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8934
ExploitThird Party Advisory