CVE-2017-18542
The zendesk-help-center plugin before 1.0.5 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
The zendesk-help-center plugin before 1.0.5 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 zendesk-help-center plugin before 1.0.5 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
- Record
CVE-2017-18542- 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 zendesk-help-center plugin before 1.0.5 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
- Record
CVE-2017-18542- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9658 No score
The zendesk-help-center plugin before 1.0.5 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9658- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-687x-2fpp-2w5f
The zendesk-help-center plugin before 1.0.5 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
The zendesk-help-center plugin before 1.0.5 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
- Record
GHSA-687x-2fpp-2w5f- 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
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Zendesk Help Center by BestWebSoft < 1.0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-18542 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Bestwebsoft Zendesk Help Center, published August 16, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.39%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.