What is CVE-2010-4518?

CVE-2010-4518 is a vulnerability in Wobeo Wp-Safe-Search, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2010-12-09.

Is CVE-2010-4518 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Wobeo Wp-Safe-Search

CVE-2010-4518

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-safe-search/wp-safe-search-jx.php in the Safe Search plugin 0.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the v1 parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2010-12-09 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.035 (88.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wobeo Wp-Safe-Search — versions 0.7
WordPress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/WordPress.Safe.Search.0.7.Reflected.Cross-si… (Exploit)
osvdb.org/69762 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45267 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/42544 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4518?: CVE-2010-4518 is a vulnerability in Wobeo Wp-Safe-Search, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2010-12-09.
Is CVE-2010-4518 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.