XSS in Bit51 Better-Wp-Security

CVE-2012-4264

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Better WP Security (better_wp_security) plugin before 3.2.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to "server variables," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4263.

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: 0.017 (75.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2012-4264: held from 0.017 to 0.017.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-4264?
CVE-2012-4264 is a vulnerability in Bit51 Better-Wp-Security, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-08-13.
Is CVE-2012-4264 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.