{"id":"CVE-2017-20183","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-20183","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:46:58.539Z","title":"A vulnerability was found in External Media without Import Plugin up to 1.0.0 on WordPress.","description":"A vulnerability was found in External Media without Import Plugin up to 1.0.0 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function print_media_new_panel of the file external-media-without-import.php. The manipulation of the argument url/error/width/height/mime-type leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 1.0.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 9d2ecd159a6e2e3f710b4f1c28e2714f66502746. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-227950 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.","published":"2023-05-05T01:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:15:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cna@vuldb.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["external media without import project/external media without import"],"epss":{"score":0.00559,"percentile":0.46356,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/zzxiang/external-media-without-import/commit/9d2ecd159a6e2e3f710b4f1c28e2714f66502746","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/zzxiang/external-media-without-import/releases/tag/v1.0.1","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.227950","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.227950","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/zzxiang/external-media-without-import/commit/9d2ecd159a6e2e3f710b4f1c28e2714f66502746","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/zzxiang/external-media-without-import/releases/tag/v1.0.1","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.227950","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.227950","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20183","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}