Vulnerability in Bastianallgeier Kirby Webmentions Plugin
CVE-2017-20174
A vulnerability was found in bastianallgeier Kirby Webmentions Plugin and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The patch is identified as 55bedea78ae9af916a9a41497bd9996417851502. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-218894 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- vuldb.com/ (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/bastianallgeier/kirby-webmentions/commit/55bedea78ae9af916a9a41497bd… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-20174?
- CVE-2017-20174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bastianallgeier Kirby Webmentions Plugin, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2023-01-19.
- How severe is CVE-2017-20174?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.