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CVE-2018-20462

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-20462 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in the JSmol2WP plugin version 1.07 for WordPress. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through the jsmol.php data parameter. Rated as a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.1, it requires user interaction and could lead to information disclosure and integrity compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, a Nuclei template exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.07CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jsmol2wp_project:jsmol2wp:1.07:*:*:*:*: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
3.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2018-20462 · Jul 16, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0397 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/9196
ExploitThird Party Advisory
cbiu.cc / 2018/12/WordPress%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6jsmol2wp%E6%BC%8F%E6%B4%9E
ExploitThird Party Advisory