What is CVE-2019-17213?

CVE-2019-17213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webarxsecurity Webarx, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2019-17213?

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

Is CVE-2019-17213 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Webarxsecurity Webarx

CVE-2019-17213

The WebARX plugin 1.3.0 for WordPress has unauthenticated stored XSS via the URI or the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-10-06 · 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: 0.012 (66.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-26.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Webarxsecurity Webarx — versions 1.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-webarx-cross-site-scripti… (Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/149573/WordPress-WebARX-Website-Firewall-4.9.8-XS… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17213?: CVE-2019-17213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webarxsecurity Webarx, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2019-17213?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17213 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.