CVE-2018-17140 describes a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Quizlord plugin (versions through 2.0) for WordPress, allowing an authenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts via the 'title' parameter. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. Despite its potential, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received very limited community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vms-studio:quizlord:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.