CVE-2018-20462
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the jsmol.php data parameter.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.97%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.97% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- jsmol2wp project/jsmol2wp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 5.1% on 21 September 2026 to 4.0% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9196Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cbiu.cc/2018/12/WordPress%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6jsmol2wp%E6%BC%8F%E6%B4%9E/#%E5%8F%8D%E5%B0%84%E6%80%A7XSSExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9196Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cbiu.cc/2018/12/WordPress%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6jsmol2wp%E6%BC%8F%E6%B4%9E/#%E5%8F%8D%E5%B0%84%E6%80%A7XSSExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.