CVE-2010-4518
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-safe-search/wp-safe-search-jx.php in the Safe Search plugin 0.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the v1 parameter.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-safe-search/wp-safe-search-jx.php in the Safe Search plugin 0.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the v1 parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.46% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 December 2010
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wobeo/wp-safe-search
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://osvdb.org/69762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42544Vendor Advisory
- http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/WordPress.Safe.Search.0.7.Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting/66Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45267Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/69762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42544Vendor Advisory
- http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/WordPress.Safe.Search.0.7.Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting/66Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45267Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.