What is CVE-2017-15863?

CVE-2017-15863 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp No External Links Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-15863?

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

Is CVE-2017-15863 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wp No External Links Project

CVE-2017-15863

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) exists in the wp-noexternallinks plugin before 3.5.19 for WordPress via the date1 or date2 parameter to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (57.8th 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

Wp_no_external_links_project Wp_no_external_links
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 (Exploit, Mailing List, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15863?: CVE-2017-15863 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp No External Links Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-15863?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-15863 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.