XSS in Wordpress

CVE-2012-6633

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/default-filters.php in WordPress before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an editable slug field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wordpress — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6633?
CVE-2012-6633 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-01-21.
Is CVE-2012-6633 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.