CVE-2018-20462

Jsmol2wp vulnerability

CVSS

6.1

EPSS

4.0%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

An issue was discovered in the JSmol2WP plugin 1.07 for WordPress. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the jsmol.php data parameter.

Affected vendor

Jsmol2wp Project

Affected product

Jsmol2wp

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2018-12-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-20462

Confirm whether Jsmol2wp Project Jsmol2wp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-20462.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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