What is CVE-2013-0237?

CVE-2013-0237 is a vulnerability in Moxiecode Plupload, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2013-07-08.

Is CVE-2013-0237 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Moxiecode Plupload

CVE-2013-0237

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Plupload.as in Moxiecode plupload before 1.5.5, as used in WordPress before 3.5.1 and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2013-07-08 · 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: 0.031 (87.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Moxiecode Plupload — versions 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
WordPress — versions 0.71, 1.0, 1.0.1
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 16, 17, 18

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.1
github.com/moxiecode/plupload/commit/2d746ee9083c184f1234d8fed311e89bdd1b39e5 (Exploit, Patch)
wordpress.org/news/2013/01/wordpress-3-5-1/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0237?: CVE-2013-0237 is a vulnerability in Moxiecode Plupload, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2013-07-08.
Is CVE-2013-0237 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.