XSS in WordPress
CVE-2012-0782
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-admin/setup-config.php in the installation component in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) dbhost, (2) dbname, or (3) uname parameter. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue; also, it is unclear whether this specific XSS scenario has security relevance
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.035 · change: -0.002
Affected products
- WordPress — versions 0.7, 0.71, 0.72
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18417 (Exploit, exploit)
- www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-002.txt (Exploit)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0150.html (mailing-list, Exploit)