{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9172 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-9172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-9172 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-9172 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-9172 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9172 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9172/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-9172","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9172/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-9172","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-3r72-p59x-qr4h"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress File Upload plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts via mishandled shortcode attributes in the WordPress File Upload plugin, potentially compromising user accounts.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"wordpress_file_upload","vendor":"iptanus"}],"cvss":{"score":5.4,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"The Iptanus WordPress File Upload plugin before 4.3.3 for WordPress mishandles shortcode attributes.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2018-04-10","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2018-04-10","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"44443","stars":null,"title":"WordPress Plugin File Upload 4.3.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting"}],"tier":"poc_unverified"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-9172","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-9173"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-9169"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2018-04-01","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in Iptanus File Upload","id":"CVE-2024-11613","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-01-08"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"WordPress File Upload \u003c= 4.24.12 - Unuathenticated Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2024-11635","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-01-08"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.11 via wfu_file_downloader.php.","id":"CVE-2024-9047","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-12"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-10564","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-03-13"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"WordPress File Upload \u003c 4.16.3 - Contributor+ Path Traversal to RCE","id":"CVE-2021-24962","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-03-28"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"WordPress File Upload \u003c= 4.24.13 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read in wfu_file_downloader.php","id":"CVE-2024-9939","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-01-08"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"File upload in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-9338","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-08-22"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts via mishandled shortcode attributes in the WordPress File Upload plugin, potentially compromising user accounts.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9172/"}