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CVE-2017-18492

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The contact-form-to-db plugin before 1.5.7 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.

Affected products

• BestWebSoft Contact Form to DB by BestWebSoft – Messages Database Plugin For WordPress: before 1.5.7 — fixed in 1.5.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BestWebSoft Contact Form to DB by BestWebSoft – Messages Database Plugin For WordPress 1.5.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-to-db/#developers
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-to-db/#developers

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