XSS in Wangguard Project
CVE-2017-20177
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WangGuard Plugin 1.8.0 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function wangguard_users_info of the file wangguard-user-info.php of the component WGG User List Handler. The manipulation of the argument userIP leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The patch is identified as 88414951e30773c8d2ec13b99642688284bf3189. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-220214 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (48.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wangguard Project — versions 1.8.0
- Wangguard Plugin — versions 1.8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- vuldb.com/ (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/joseconti/WangGuard/pull/14 (issue-tracking, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/joseconti/WangGuard/commit/88414951e30773c8d2ec13b99642688284bf3189 (Patch, patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-20177?
- CVE-2017-20177 is a low-severity vulnerability in Wangguard Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-02-06.
- How severe is CVE-2017-20177?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-20177 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.