XSS in Clickbank Affiliate Ads For Products

CVE-2017-18011

The MyCBGenie Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products plugin through 1.6 for WordPress has XSS via the text_ads_ajax.php border_color parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.016 (72.7th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18011?
CVE-2017-18011 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Clickbank Affiliate Ads For Products, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-18011?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-18011 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.