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CVE-2018-9172

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-9172 describes a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Iptanus WordPress File Upload plugin, affecting versions prior to 4.3.3. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.4) allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts via mishandled shortcode attributes, requiring user interaction to trigger and potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, a public exploit (EDB-44443) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:iptanus:wordpress_file_upload:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44443 · Apr 10, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0324 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wordpress.org / plugins/wp-file-upload
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44443
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
iptanus.com / new-version-4-3-3-of-wordpress-file-upload-plugin
Vendor Advisory