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)

Published 2017-08-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pressforward

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.defensecode.com/advisories/DC-2017-05-007_WordPress_PressForward_Plugin_Adv… (Third Party Advisory)

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.