What is CVE-2017-8100?

CVE-2017-8100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artistscope Copysafe Web Protection, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-8100?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-8100 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Artistscope Copysafe Web Protection

CVE-2017-8100

There is CSRF in the CopySafe Web Protection plugin before 2.6 for WordPress, allowing attackers to change plugin settings.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-04-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.0% 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

Artistscope Copysafe Web Protection

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/plugins/wp-copysafe-web/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/42 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98091 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8100?: CVE-2017-8100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artistscope Copysafe Web Protection, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-8100?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-8100 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.