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WordPress Plugin: mailchimp-for-wp: CVE-2017-18577: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 8, 2017
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026

Description

The mailchimp-for-wp plugin before 4.1.8 for WordPress has XSS via the return value of add_query_arg.

Solution

mailchimp-for-wp-plugin-cve-2017-18577
Title
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