CVE-2017-18488
The Backup Guard plugin before 1.1.47 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
The Backup Guard plugin before 1.1.47 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Backup Guard plugin before 1.1.47 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
- Record
CVE-2017-18488- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Backup Guard plugin before 1.1.47 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
- Record
CVE-2017-18488- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9604 No score
The Backup Guard plugin before 1.1.47 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9604- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6gqv-x3hm-3w3c
The Backup Guard plugin before 1.1.47 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
The Backup Guard plugin before 1.1.47 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
- Record
GHSA-6gqv-x3hm-3w3c- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-18488 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Backup-guard Backup Guard, published August 13, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.