What is CVE-2012-5325?

CVE-2012-5325 is a vulnerability in Cartpauj Shortcode-Redirect, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-10-08.

Is CVE-2012-5325 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Cartpauj Shortcode-Redirect

CVE-2012-5325

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the scr_do_redirect function in scr.php in the Shortcode Redirect plugin 1.0.01 and earlier for WordPress allow remote authenticated users with certain permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) url or (2) sec attributes in a redirect tag.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2012-10-08 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cartpauj Shortcode-Redirect — versions 1.0.00
WordPress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/51626 (vdb-entry)
packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/108914/wpshortcoderedirect-xss.txt (Exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72620 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5325?: CVE-2012-5325 is a vulnerability in Cartpauj Shortcode-Redirect, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-10-08.
Is CVE-2012-5325 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.