What is CVE-2012-2917?

CVE-2012-2917 is a vulnerability in Andrew Killen Share And Follow, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-05-21.

Is CVE-2012-2917 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Andrew Killen Share And Follow

CVE-2012-2917

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Share and Follow plugin 1.80.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the CDN API Key (cnd-key) in a share-and-follow-menu page to wp-admin/admin.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2012-05-21 · 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 (89.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.3% 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

Andrew Killen Share And Follow — versions 1.80.3
WordPress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/53533 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75616 (vdb-entry)
packetstormsecurity.org/files/112691/WordPress-Share-And-Follow-1.80.3-Cross-Si… (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2917?: CVE-2012-2917 is a vulnerability in Andrew Killen Share And Follow, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-05-21.
Is CVE-2012-2917 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.