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CVE-2017-18505

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The twitter-plugin plugin before 2.55 for WordPress has XSS.

Affected products

• BestWebSoft Twitter Button: before 2.55 — fixed in 2.55

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BestWebSoft Twitter Button 2.55. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/twitter-plugin/#developers
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/twitter-plugin/#developers

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