PT-2019-8495 · WordPress · Embed-Comment-Images

Gennady Kovshenin · Published 2019-08-21 · Updated 2019-08-22 · CVE-2017-18561

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress embed-comment-images plugin versions prior to 0.6

Description The issue allows for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.6, update the embed-comment-images plugin to version 0.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18561

Affected Products

Embed-Comment-Images

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18561 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18561 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/embed-comment-images/#developers · Note