Vulnerability in Wordpress

CVE-2012-2399

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in swfupload.swf in SWFupload 2.2.0.1 and earlier, as used in WordPress before 3.5.2, TinyMCE Image Manager 1.1 and earlier, and other products allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the buttonText parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3414.

EPSS: 0.087 (94.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wordpress — versions 0.71, 1.0, 1.0.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2399?
CVE-2012-2399 is a vulnerability in Wordpress. Published 2012-04-21.
Is CVE-2012-2399 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.