What is CVE-2019-17070?

CVE-2019-17070 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lqd Liquid Speech Balloon, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2019-17070?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-17070 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Lqd Liquid Speech Balloon

CVE-2019-17070

The liquid-speech-balloon (aka LIQUID SPEECH BALLOON) plugin before 1.0.7 for WordPress allows XSS with Internet Explorer.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Lqd Liquid Speech Balloon — versions 1.0.5
Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/plugins/liquid-speech-balloon/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
gist.github.com/rezaduty/18afedba24bb1e5835010bd2de67cece (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17070?: CVE-2019-17070 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lqd Liquid Speech Balloon, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-17070?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17070 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.