What is CVE-2017-12948?

CVE-2017-12948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pressforward, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-12948?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-12948 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Pressforward

CVE-2017-12948

Core\Admin\PFTemplater.php in the PressForward plugin 4.3.0 and earlier for WordPress has XSS in the PATH_INFO to wp-admin/admin.php, related to PHP_SELF.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Pressforward
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12948?: CVE-2017-12948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pressforward, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-12948?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-12948 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.