What is CVE-2019-17233?

CVE-2019-17233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Etoilewebdesign Ultimate Faq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2019-17233?

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

Is CVE-2019-17233 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Etoilewebdesign Ultimate Faq

CVE-2019-17233

Functions/EWD_UFAQ_Import.php in the ultimate-faqs plugin through 1.8.24 for WordPress allows HTML content injection.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-10-07 · 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: 0.018 (78.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Etoilewebdesign Ultimate Faq

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-faqs/ (Product, Release Notes)
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9883 (Third Party Advisory)
blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-options-import-vulnerability-in-wordpress-u… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17233?: CVE-2019-17233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Etoilewebdesign Ultimate Faq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2019-17233?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17233 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.