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CVE-2017-18556

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-08-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The bws-google-analytics plugin before 1.7.1 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.

Affected products

• BestWebSoft Google Analytics: before 1.7.1 — fixed in 1.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BestWebSoft Google Analytics 1.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/bws-google-analytics/#developers
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/bws-google-analytics/#developers

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