What is CVE-2017-18634?

CVE-2017-18634 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tagdiv Newspaper, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-18634?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-18634 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Tagdiv Newspaper

CVE-2017-18634

The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has script injection via td_ads[header] to admin-ajax.php.

Published 2019-09-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (81.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Tagdiv Newspaper

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

blog.sucuri.net/2017/06/unwanted-shorte-st-ads-in-unpatched-newspaper-theme.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18634?: CVE-2017-18634 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tagdiv Newspaper, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-18634?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-18634 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.