What is CVE-2012-2580?

CVE-2012-2580 is a vulnerability in Postieplugin Postie, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-06-20.

Is CVE-2012-2580 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Postieplugin Postie

CVE-2012-2580

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Postie plugin 1.4.3, and possibly before 1.5.15, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the From field of an email.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2014-06-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

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: 0.037 (89.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.037 · newest: 0.037 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Postieplugin Postie — versions 1.4.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

osvdb.org/84532 (vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77537 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/50207 (third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/54909 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20360 (Exploit, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2580?: CVE-2012-2580 is a vulnerability in Postieplugin Postie, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-06-20.
Is CVE-2012-2580 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.