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CVE-2018-17997

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17997 describes a persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LayerBB 1.1.1, specifically allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts through the titles of private messages. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to trigger, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, a public exploit (EDB-46079) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:layerbb:layerbb:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-46079 · Jan 7, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0358 is in the 95th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/151015/LayerBB-1.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / AndyRixon/LayerBB/commits/master
PatchThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/46079
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry