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CVE-2017-20174: bastianallgeier Kirby Webmentions Plugin injection

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

A vulnerability was found in bastianallgeier Kirby Webmentions Plugin and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The patch is identified as 55bedea78ae9af916a9a41497bd9996417851502. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-218894 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products

• bastianallgeier Kirby Webmentions Plugin: before 2017-02-01 — fixed in 2017-02-01

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: bastianallgeier Kirby Webmentions Plugin 2017-02-01. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/bastianallgeier/kirby-webmentions/commit/55bedea78ae9af916a9a41497bd9996417851502
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218894
• https://vuldb.com/?id.218894
• https://github.com/bastianallgeier/kirby-webmentions/commit/55bedea78ae9af916a9a41497bd9996417851502
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218894
• https://vuldb.com/?id.218894

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