XSS in WordPress Wassup Plugin
CVE-2012-2633
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wassup.php in the WassUp plugin before 1.8.3.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the User-Agent HTTP header.
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: 0.021 (81.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- WordPress Wassup Plugin — versions 1.4, 1.4.3, 1.7.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000058 (third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/82017 (vdb-entry)
- www.wpwp.org/archives/wassup-1-8-3-1/
- wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wassup/changelog/
- jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN15646988/index.html (third-party-advisory)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-2633?
- CVE-2012-2633 is a vulnerability in WordPress Wassup Plugin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-06-15.
- Is CVE-2012-2633 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.