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CVE-2017-2169

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2169 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MaxButtons and MaxButtons Pro versions prior to 6.19, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1, indicating it can be exploited over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maxbuttons_project:maxbuttons:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
<= 6.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maxbuttons_project:maxbuttons:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0138 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 26,219 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

jvndb.jvn.jp / jvndb/JVNDB-2017-000093
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN70411623/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
wordpress.org / plugins/maxbuttons
Release NotesVendor Advisory