CVE-2017-18494

Custom Search by BestWebSoft <= 1.35 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The custom-search-plugin plugin before 1.36 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.

El complemento custom-search-plugin anterior de 1.36 para WordPress tiene múltiples problemas de XSS.

The Custom Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.35 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'category' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser granted they can trick the user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

*Credits: Neven Birusk

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-04-12 CVE Published
2019-08-12 CVE Reserved
2023-10-25 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-search-plugin/#developers	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Bestwebsoft Search vendor "Bestwebsoft"		Custom Search Search vendor "Bestwebsoft" for product "Custom Search"				< 1.36 Search vendor "Bestwebsoft" for product "Custom Search" and version " < 1.36"		wordpress		Affected