CVE-2018-20462
An issue was discovered in the JSmol2WP plugin 1.07 for WordPress. A cross-site scripting (XSS)...
An issue was discovered in the JSmol2WP plugin 1.07 for WordPress. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the jsmol.php data parameter.
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
An issue was discovered in the JSmol2WP plugin 1.07 for WordPress. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the jsmol.php data parameter.
- Record
CVE-2018-20462- 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
An issue was discovered in the JSmol2WP plugin 1.07 for WordPress. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the jsmol.php data parameter.
- Record
CVE-2018-20462- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13017 No score
An issue was discovered in the JSmol2WP plugin 1.07 for WordPress. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the jsmol.php data parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13017- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-49g8-w5x7-95h9
An issue was discovered in the JSmol2WP plugin 1.07 for WordPress. A cross-site scripting (XSS)...
An issue was discovered in the JSmol2WP plugin 1.07 for WordPress. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the jsmol.php data parameter.
- Record
GHSA-49g8-w5x7-95h9- 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 | WordPress JSmol2WP <=1.07 - 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-2018-20462 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Jsmol2wp Project Jsmol2wp, published December 25, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.97%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.