What is CVE-2012-2579?

CVE-2012-2579 is a vulnerability in Wp Simplemail Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-06-20.

Is CVE-2012-2579 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Wp Simplemail Project

CVE-2012-2579

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WP SimpleMail plugin 1.0.6 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) To, (2) From, (3) Date, or (4) Subject field of an email.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.037 (88.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Wp_simplemail_project Wp_simplemail — versions 1.0.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cret@cert.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cret@cert.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cret@cert.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cret@cert.org (Exploit, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cret@cert.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2579?: CVE-2012-2579 is a vulnerability in Wp Simplemail Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-06-20.
Is CVE-2012-2579 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.