What is CVE-2017-17744?

CVE-2017-17744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webdesi9 Custom Map, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-17744?

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

Is CVE-2017-17744 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Webdesi9 Custom Map

CVE-2017-17744

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the custom-map plugin through 1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the map_id parameter to view/advancedsettings.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-12-19 · 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: 0.009 (60.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Webdesi9 Custom Map

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8982 (Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/72 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17744?: CVE-2017-17744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webdesi9 Custom Map, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-17744?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-17744 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.