CVE•Published 2024-10-16•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2017-20192

Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)

CVSS v3.1

8.3

HIGH

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 41% of all CVEs

Description

The Formidable Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple parameters submitted during form entries like 'after_html' in versions before 2.05.03 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

Timeline

Published 2024-10-16

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2017-20192

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/formidable-form-builder/"

Matches any site loading the "formidable-form-builder" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Strategy11 Formidable Form Builder"

All exposed Strategy11 Formidable Form Builder instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Formidable Form Builder"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Formidable Form Builder" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.