CVE-2017-20183

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    CVE-2017-20183

    Published: 5 May 2023Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/zzxiang/external-media-without-import/releases/tag/v1.0.1, https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.227950, https://vuldb.com/?id.227950, https://github.com/zzxiang/external-media-without-import/commit/9d2ecd159a6e2e3f710b4f1c28e2714f66502746

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9d2ecd159a6e2e3f710b4f1c28e2714f66502746

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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