CVE-2017-2285

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Simple Custom CSS and JS prior to version 3.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2017-08-02 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2017-2285 is rated Moderate Risk (47.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.53%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-2285

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-05-07 0.42% 0.53% +0.11%
2 2025-05-06 0.58% 0.42% -0.16%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.58% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-2285

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
6.1 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-2285

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-2285

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:1.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:1.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:1.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:1.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:2.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:2.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:2.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:2.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:2.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:2.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:2.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:2.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:2.10:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:3.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:3.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:3.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
silkypress simple_custom_css_and_js 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:silkypress:simple_custom_css_and_js:3.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2017-2285

URL Tags
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN31459091/index.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1695440/#file6 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-css-js/#developers Product Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8879 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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