vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: pressforward: CVE-2017-12948: 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
Aug 7, 2017
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

Core\Admin\PFTemplater.php in the PressForward plugin 5.2.3 and earlier for WordPress has XSS in the PATH_INFO to wp-admin/admin.php, related to PHP_SELF.

Solution

pressforward-plugin-cve-2017-12948
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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