What is CVE-2012-4271?

CVE-2012-4271 is a vulnerability in Mark Jaquith Bad Behavior, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-08-13.

Is CVE-2012-4271 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Mark Jaquith Bad Behavior

CVE-2012-4271

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in bad-behavior-wordpress-admin.php in the Bad Behavior plugin before 2.0.47 and 2.2.x before 2.2.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO, (2) httpbl_key, (3) httpbl_maxage, (4) httpbl_threat, (5) reverse_proxy_addresses, or (6) reverse_proxy_header parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.020 (79.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Mark_jaquith Bad_behavior — versions 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2
Wordpress
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-4271?: CVE-2012-4271 is a vulnerability in Mark Jaquith Bad Behavior, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-08-13.
Is CVE-2012-4271 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.