CVE-2017-2171

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Captcha prior to version 4.3.0, Car Rental prior to version 1.0.5, Contact Form Multi prior to version 1.2.1, Contact Form prior to version 4.0.6, Contact Form to DB prior to version 1.5.7, Custom Admin Page prior to version 0.1.2, Custom Fields Search prior to version 1.3.2, Custom Search prior to version 1.36, Donate prior to version 2.1.1, Email Queue prior to version 1.1.2, Error Log Viewer prior to version 1.0.6, Facebook Button prior to version 2.54, Featured Posts prior to version 1.0.1, Gallery Categories prior to version 1.0.9, Gallery prior to version 4.5.0, Google +1 prior to version 1.3.4, Google AdSense prior to version 1.44, Google Analytics prior to version 1.7.1, Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) prior to version 1.28, Google Maps prior to version 1.3.6, Google Shortlink prior to version 1.5.3, Google Sitemap prior to version 3.0.8, Htaccess prior to version 1.7.6, Job Board prior to version 1.1.3, Latest Posts prior to version 0.3, Limit Attempts prior to version 1.1.8, LinkedIn prior to version 1.0.5, Multilanguage prior to version 1.2.2, PDF & Print prior to version 1.9.4, Pagination prior to version 1.0.7, Pinterest prior to version 1.0.5, Popular Posts prior to version 1.0.5, Portfolio prior to version 2.4, Post to CSV prior to version 1.3.1, Profile Extra prior to version 1.0.7. PromoBar prior to version 1.1.1, Quotes and Tips prior to version 1.32, Re-attacher prior to version 1.0.9, Realty prior to version 1.1.0, Relevant - Related Posts prior to version 1.2.0, Sender prior to version 1.2.1, SMTP prior to version 1.1.0, Social Buttons Pack prior to version 1.1.1, Subscriber prior to version 1.3.5, Testimonials prior to version 0.1.9, Timesheet prior to version 0.1.5, Twitter Button prior to version 2.55, User Role prior to version 1.5.6, Updater prior to version 1.35, Visitors Online prior to version 1.0.0, and Zendesk Help Center prior to version 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the function to display the BestWebSoft menu.

Affected products

BestWebSoft Captcha: through 4.2.9
BestWebSoft Car Rental by BestWebSoft: through 1.0.4
BestWebSoft Contact Form Plugin: through 4.0.5
BestWebSoft Contact Form Multi: through 1.2.0
BestWebSoft Contact Form to DB by BestWebSoft – Messages Database Plugin For WordPress: through 1.5.6
BestWebSoft Custom Admin Page: through 0.1.1
BestWebSoft Custom Fields Search: through 1.3.1
BestWebSoft Custom Search: through 1.35
BestWebSoft Donate: through 2.1.0
BestWebSoft Email Queue: through 1.1.1
Error Log Viewer by BestWebSoft: through 1.0.5
BestWebSoft Facebook Like Button: through 2.53
BestWebSoft Featured Posts: through 1.0.0
Gallery by BestWebSoft: through 4.4.9
BestWebSoft Gallery Categories: through 1.0.8
BestWebSoft Google +1: through 1.3.3
BestWebSoft Google AdSense: through 1.43
BestWebSoft Google Analytics: through 1.7.0
BestWebSoft Google Captcha (Recaptcha): through 1.27
BestWebSoft Google Maps: through 1.3.5
BestWebSoft Google Shortlink: through 1.5.2
BestWebSoft Google Sitemap: through 3.0.7
BestWebSoft Htaccess: through 1.7.5
BestWebSoft Job Board: through 1.1.2
BestWebSoft Latest Posts: through 0.2
BestWebSoft Limit Attempts: through 1.1.7
BestWebSoft LinkedIn: through 1.0.4
BestWebSoft Multilanguage: through 1.2.1
BestWebSoft Pagination: through 1.0.6
BestWebSoft PDF & Print: through 1.9.3

References

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