CVE-2017-12948 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Core\Admin\PFTemplater.php in the PressForward plugin 4.3.0 and earlier for WordPress has XSS in the PATH_INFO to wp-admin/admin.php, related to PHP_SELF.

Published: 2017-08-18

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pressforward:pressforward:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-4472	Core\Admin\PFTemplater.php in the PressForward plugin 4.3.0 and earlier for WordPress has XSS in the PATH_INFO to wp-admin/admin.php, related to PHP_SELF.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00757.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.defensecode.com/advisories/DC-2017-05-007_WordPress_PressForward_Plugin_Advisory.pdf

History

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Subscriptions

Pressforward Pressforward

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-18T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:56:13.814Z

Reserved: 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12948

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-18T18:29:03.360

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:04:11.680

Link: CVE-2017-12948

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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