What is CVE-2017-18601?

CVE-2017-18601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibps Online Exam Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-18601?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-18601 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Ibps Online Exam Project

CVE-2017-18601

The examapp plugin 1.0 for WordPress has XSS via exam input text fields.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-09-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ibps Online Exam Project — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42351 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18601?: CVE-2017-18601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibps Online Exam Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-18601?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-18601 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.