CVE-2017-6102 Rockhoist Badges Project CVE debrief

Who should care

WordPress site owners and administrators running Rockhoist Badges v1.2.2, plus security teams responsible for plugin governance, content review, and browser-side exposure on affected sites.

Technical summary

The supplied NVD record maps CVE-2017-6102 to cpe:2.3:a:rockhoist_badges_project:rockhoist_badges_plugin:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* and classifies the weakness as CWE-79. The vulnerability is described as persistent XSS, meaning malicious script content may be stored by the application and later served to users. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) shows that exploitation is possible over the network without authentication, but it depends on user interaction and can affect confidentiality and integrity within a changed scope. The supplied corpus includes NVD and third-party advisory references, but no vendor remediation notice is included here.

Defensive priority

Medium. Prioritize if the plugin is installed on a live WordPress site, accepts untrusted input, or exposes content to admins or visitors who may render affected pages.

Recommended defensive actions

• Inventory whether Rockhoist Badges v1.2.2 is installed anywhere in your WordPress estate.
• Remove or replace the plugin if it is unnecessary or unsupported.
• If a fixed version exists, update to the vendor-recommended release and verify the change across all environments.
• Review pages, badges, and stored plugin content for suspicious or unexpected markup that could indicate stored XSS payloads.
• Check access logs and related application logs around the affected plugin for unusual POSTs, content edits, or admin-page activity.
• Apply general browser-side defenses where appropriate, such as strong output encoding and a restrictive Content Security Policy, as part of broader hardening.

Evidence notes

All substantive claims are grounded in the supplied NVD record and its listed references. The NVD entry was published on 2017-03-02 and modified on 2026-05-13. NVD’s CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, and the listed weakness is CWE-79. The supplied corpus also includes third-party references to SecurityFocus BID 96533, a Vapidlabs advisory, and WPVulnDB entry 8763; those are referenced by NVD but not independently expanded here. No exploit steps or unsupported remediation claims are included.

Sources and references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.